Pentland Firth

American  

[pent-luhnd] / ˈpɛnt lənd /

noun

1. a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.

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Pentland Firth British  

/ ˈpɛntlənd /

noun

1. a channel between the mainland of N Scotland and the Orkney Islands: notorious for rough seas. Length: 32 km (20 miles). Width: up to 13 km (8 miles)

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Example Sentences

New artwork inspired by large rocks that roll around the seabed of the Pentland Firth have been installed at John O'Groats.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2015

"It is isolated, but the views across the Pentland Firth to Scotland are unique," she says.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2013

I like the leather-clad bikers on the Isle of Man, and the Scottish island of Stroma in the Pentland Firth, which was finally abandoned in 1962.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2013

Research in the Orkneys and the Pentland Firth will help unlock 6 billion pounds of investment, Salmond said in a May 18 speech on his renewable-energy policy.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 5, 2011

Whether it was for time or tide or for one of those mysterious movements in the Pentland Firth that our one-masted boat was waiting we never knew.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert