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Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 of Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head
Holborn Head

Holborn Head is a headlands and bays on the north-facing Atlantic Ocean coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The point of Holborn Head is at ....
 on the north coast of Caithness
Caithness

Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
, Scotland
Scotland

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.

The bay receives fresh water from the River Thurso
River Thurso

The River Thurso has Loch Rumsdale in Caithness as its source, about 26 kilometres south and 14 kilometres west of the burgh of Thurso, Caithness, and about 2 kilometres south of the railway line linking the burghs of Thurso and Wick, Caithness with Inverness....
 and the Wolf Burn
Wolf Burn

The Wolf Burn is a small stream, running behind the Ormlie housing estate in Thurso, has a little known piece of archaeology residing beside it....
. The river mouth is at the most southerly reach of the bay and at least two kilometre
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
s from the more northerly and more open waters of the Atlantic. The Atlantic here has Orkney to the northeast and the Pentland Firth
Pentland Firth

The Pentland Firth , which is actually more of a strait than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. The name is presumed to be a corruption of "Petlandsfj?r?", the fjord of Pictland, and is completely unrelated to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh....
 and Dunnet Bay to the east.






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Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 of Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head
Holborn Head

Holborn Head is a headlands and bays on the north-facing Atlantic Ocean coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The point of Holborn Head is at ....
 on the north coast of Caithness
Caithness

Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.

The bay receives fresh water from the River Thurso
River Thurso

The River Thurso has Loch Rumsdale in Caithness as its source, about 26 kilometres south and 14 kilometres west of the burgh of Thurso, Caithness, and about 2 kilometres south of the railway line linking the burghs of Thurso and Wick, Caithness with Inverness....
 and the Wolf Burn
Wolf Burn

The Wolf Burn is a small stream, running behind the Ormlie housing estate in Thurso, has a little known piece of archaeology residing beside it....
. The river mouth is at the most southerly reach of the bay and at least two kilometre
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
s from the more northerly and more open waters of the Atlantic. The Atlantic here has Orkney to the northeast and the Pentland Firth
Pentland Firth

The Pentland Firth , which is actually more of a strait than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. The name is presumed to be a corruption of "Petlandsfj?r?", the fjord of Pictland, and is completely unrelated to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh....
 and Dunnet Bay to the east. The points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head are separated by four or five kilometres of water, which is also the bay's widest extent.

Within the bay, about three kilometres west/northwest of the river mouth, Scrabster harbour has deep water in the shelter of Holborn Head and berths a ferry which links mainland Scotland with Stromness
Stromness

Stromness /'str?mn?s/ is the second-largest town in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and is located in the south-west of the Mainland, Orkney of Orkney....
 in Orkney. Holborn Head Lighthouse is about one kilometre south of the headland's
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 point and close to Scrabster Harbour.

The river mouth serves now as a small harbour and was a busy commercial port during the 19th century. Tidal water reaches inland about one kilometre beyond the river mouth and about twice the distance usually indicated on Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and one of the world's largest producers of maps....
 maps. Sandy beach and the burgh
Burgh

A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
 of Thurso
Thurso

Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. Historically, the town is one of two burghs within the Counties of Scotland of Caithness....
 front the bay west of the river mouth.

Wolf Burn enters the bay at Burnside
Burnside, Caithness

Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at ....
, midway between the river mouth and Scrabster Harbour.