In general, though, the shores of the Eastern and Western Rift lakes are sparsely settled.
Most conspicuously, though, the shores are fringed with a succession of abandoned crofting villages.
Though the shores of Buzzards Bay near New Bedford, MA, may seem an unlikely place for an MIT lab, the work done on Green's estate was at the forefront of research in radio communication, aircraft navigation, high-voltage generators, and meteorology.
Overall though, the coast and shore lines are pretty well defined.
Though located on the shore of Lake Victoria (the second largest freshwater lake in the world), the people had no access to safe water at the time of this study.
For now, though, back on the shores of Scotland, the work continues.
Normally, though, the waves crash on shore with a special power, and for years residents were not even sure they were safe to surf.
"The pictures are a bit misleading in that it looks as though it's on the shore," West told HuffPost.
In 1987, though, the Public Advocate sued five shore towns, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bay Head, Spring Lake and Sea Girt, contending they discriminated against low- and moderate-income people by charging daily fees as high as $8.50 a person.
