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 Ross & Cromarty a northern county of Scotland. The mainland
portion is bounded north by Sutherland and Dornoch Firth, east by the North
Sea and Moray Firth, south by Beauly Firth and Inverness-shire and
west by
the strait of the Minch. The island portion, consisting of as much of
the island of Lewis as lies north of a line drawn from Loch Resort to
Loch Seaforth, is bounded on the west, north and east by the Atlantic, and
south by Harris, the southern part of Lewis. Many islands, all but eleven
uninhabited, are scattered principally off the west coasts of Lewis
and the mainland. The area of the mainland is 1,572,294 acres and of
the islands 404,413 acres, giving a total for the county of 1,976,707
acres or 3088.6 sq. m. On the North Sea front the chief
indentations are Beauly Firth and Inner Moray Firth, marking off the
Black Isle from Inverness-shire; Cromarty Firth, bounding the
districts of Easter Ross and the Black Isle; Moray Firth, separating
Easter Ross from Nairnshire; and Dornoch Firth, dividing north-east
Ross from Sutherlandshire.
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