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Loch Avich

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Type
  
freshwater loch

Basin countries
  
Max. width
  
0.5 mi (0.80 km)

Area
  
3.482 km²

Length
  
5.3 km

Primary outflow
  
River Avich

Primary outflows
  
River Avich

Max. length
  
3.3 mi (5.3 km)

Surface elevation
  
93 m

Mean depth
  
30 m

Width
  
800 m

Number of islands
  
3

Loch Avich wwwavichlodgecoukphotoslochavichjpg

Loch of Avich is a large freshwater loch that lies approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) west of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. It is the second biggest loch in the Etive basin after Loch Awe. It trends east-northeast, west-southwest and is narrowly triangular in shape. At the southwest end of the loch is the islet Innis Luana on which stands the ruins of an ancient castle named Caisteal na Nighinn Ruaidhe (Castle of the Red Haired Maiden). The castle may have been the original seat of Clan Campbell. Near the north shore on the islet of Eilean Fraoch is the remains of a crannog.

Contents

Map of Loch Avich, Taynuilt, UK

Survey

The loch was surveyed on 26 and 27 May 1903 by Sir John Murray, T.N. Johnston, R.B. Young, R.C. Marshall and E.M. Wedderburn and later charted as part of Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

Loch Avich Wikipedia


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