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'Giro Bay' map pulped by Loch Lomond bosses
2011-03-09 21:04:26
9 March 2011 Last updated at 07:48 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map By Huw Williams BBC Scotland reporter The chart featured a place called "Giro Bay". Copyright: Ordnance Survey/HMSO/Intermap Technologies/Natural Environment Research Council Continue reading the main story Related Stories The 'gold rush' for hydro power Loch water bus pier work begins Lomond slipway charges approved
Bosses at a national park have had to destroy 3,000 copies of a new map which featured controversial names including a place called "Giro Bay".
A spokeswoman for Loch Lomond National Park said it was sorry for the "error of judgement".
The map, which had been produced to replace one drawn up in 1861, also named areas after park employees.
The park said a navigational chart without the controversial names would be available within weeks.
It added that the additional costs would be funded from sales of the new edition.
The park revealed it had been "overwhelmed" by public interest in the new chart which was produced following a full survey of the popular visitor attraction.
Local people said the map was "a disgrace" and could have caused confusion and delay in the event of an accident.
Ernie East, who has fished and kept a boat on Loch Lomond for 40 years, told BBC Radio Scotland that local people were "very annoyed" about the situation.
Mr East said calling the bay, on Inchmoan, "Giro Bay" was "derogatory".
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