High spring tide at Kirkcudbright
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High spring tide at Kirkcudbright
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 6 Apr 2016
Spring tides and the water is lapping over the edge of the slipway. Tidal range at springs is around 7 metres here compared with 3 metres at Stranraer, only about 35 miles away as the crow flies, but out of the Solway Firth. Note the red and green navigation buoys; The red is afloat as is normal, but the green starboard-hand marker is actually mounted on the corner of the white house.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.837428
Longitude
-4.052777