Anchor berths and anchorage areas

This map layer has been supplied directly by Marine Scotland National Marine Plan interactive. You can obtain additional information about the layer on this page

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This layer shows the anchorages that have been designated and where a harbour / port authority  may request a vessel to anchor. A vessel may also anchor anywhere as directed by a harbour / port authority when within their jurisdiction.

For the main ports, Marine Scotland has confirmed the data with the relevant harbour / port authority. This dataset contains licenced data from OceanWise.

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The following must be clearly visible on any reproduction of the Datasets digital and printed: © British Crown and OceanWise, YYYY. All rights reserved. License No. EK001 - 20140401. Not to be used for Navigation.