Editing Cromarty Firth (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Cromarty Firth entrance.jpg|left|thumb|Entrance to the Cromarty Firth, with oil rigs behind]]
The entrance to the Cromarty Firth is guarded by two precipitous headlands; the one on the north {{Convert|151|m||abbr=}} high and the one on the south {{Convert|141|m||abbr=}} high &mdash; called "[[The Sutors]]" from a fancied resemblance to a couple of [[shoemaking|shoemakers]] (in [[Scots language|Scots]], ''souters'') bent over their [[last]]s. From the Sutors the Firth extends inland in a westerly and then south-westerly direction for a distance of {{Convert|19|mi|km|1}}. Excepting between Nigg Bay and Cromarty Bay where it is about {{Convert|5|mi|km|0}} wide, and Alness Bay where it is {{Convert|2|mi|km}} wide, it has an average width of {{Convert|1|mi|km}}.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} The southern shore of the Firth is formed by a peninsula known as the [[Black Isle]]. Good views of the Cromarty Firth are to be had from the Sutors or Cnoc Fyrish.

At its head the Firth receives its principal river, the [[River Conon]], other rivers include the [[Allt Graad]], [[Peffery]], [[River Sgitheach|Sgitheach]], Averon and Balnagown. The [[Dingwall Canal]] remains connected to the Firth, although it is now disused. The principal settlements on its shores are [[Dingwall]] near the head, [[Cromarty]] near the mouth (from which the Firth takes its name), and [[Invergordon]] on the north shore. The villages of [[Evanton]], [[Alness]] and [[Culbokie]] are nearby. There is one [[Cromarty Bridge|bridge]], the [[A9 road (Great Britain)|A9 road]] crossing between [[Ardullie]] and Findon. In the past there were several ferries across the firth (for example at [[Foulis]]) but now there is only one, a [[Cromarty Rose|four-car ferry]] that runs between [[Cromarty]] and [[Nigg, Highland|Nigg]] during the summer.