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| Middle Channel, Solway Firth | ||
| Middle Channel | ||
| locality:- | Solway Firth | |
| civil parish:- | Maryport (formerly Cumberland) (off) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | channel | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9432 (guess etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NX93 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Middle Channel item:- tidal stream |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 388:- "..." "Middle channel, which lies between Two Feet bank and Robin Rigg, on the south-eastern side, and Dumroof bank, on the north-western side, has a least charted depth of 3 1/2 fathoms (6m4), to a position about 2 miles southward of Southerness point, above which position it becomes, successively, the Dumfries, Barbara and Powfoot channels." goto sourcePage 389:- "..." "The principal tidal flow into and out of the Firth of Solway is through Middle channel and thence by Dumfries, Barbara and Powfoot channels. ..." |
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