Place · sea

Dornoch Firth

The Dornoch Firth is a sea inlet on the east coast of the Scottish Highlands, dividing Easter Ross to the south from Sutherland to the north. The cathedral town of Dornoch stands on its northern shore. Its estuary, sands and salt marshes are protected as a national scenic area and a nature reserve.

Dornoch Firth
Image: sylvia duckworth · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

LugiDecantae

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dornoch Firth. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dornoch-firth
MLA
“Dornoch Firth.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dornoch-firth. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Dornoch Firth.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dornoch-firth.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Dornoch Firth’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dornoch-firth (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻