The North Channel is the strait between north-eastern Ireland and south-western Scotland. The Firth of Clyde merges with the channel, between the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula and Corsewall Po
View from Torr Head, County Antrim, to the Mull of Kintyre, looking over the Straits of Moyle.
Beaufort's Dyke
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Beaufort's Dyke is a natural glacial-formed trench within the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The dyke is 50 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and 200–312 m deep. The Dyke is o
North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)
…Galloway. Part of the Irish Sea, the channel begins north-west of the Isle of Man and runs north-west into the Atlantic Ocean. Within the channel is Beaufort's Dyke, the deepest part of which is 312 metres (1,024 ft). The North Channel connects the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean and is part of the marine area…
Beaufort's Dyke, highlighted in blue, on a 1969 Admiralty chart
Beaufort's Dyke, showing the position of the munitions dump, from an Admiralty chart published in 1947. Depth in fathoms