Moray Firth the Moray Firth and Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire to the south. The firth has more than 800 kilometres (about 500 miles) of coastline, much of which is cliff. A number of rivers flow into the Moray Firth, including the River Ness, the River Findhorn and the River Spey. Various smaller firths and bays are inlets of the firth, including the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth. The Pentland Firth has its eastern mouth at the Moray Firth's northern boundary. The Moray Firth is effectively two firths, the Inner Moray Firth , which was traditionally known as the Firth of Inverness,
Whaling in Scotland the Firth of Tay. The fleet encountered Carl Anton Larsen of the "Jason", near Joinville Island, on 24 December 1892. Four ships took part: The success of the 1892-93 expedition led directly to the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–04, and to Dundee being chosen for building the "Discovery" for the Discovery Expedition of 1901–04. Due to the work of Scottish whalers, sealers and other sailors, several place names in or near Antarctica have Scottish origins: Whaling in Scotland The first evidence for whaling in Scotland is from Bronze Age settlements where whalebones were used for constructing and decorating dwelling