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Loch Dochard

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Location
  
Strathclyde, Scotland

Basin countries
  
Scotland

Max. width
  
0.3 mi (0.48 km)

Surface elevation
  
221 m

Shore length
  
5.7 km

Type
  
freshwater loch

Max. length
  
0.66 mi (1.06 km)

Surface area
  
35.9 ha (89 acres)

Area
  
36 ha

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Loch Dochard is an upland freshwater loch lying approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Bridge of Orchy in Strathclyde, Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape with a perimeter of 3 km (1.9 mi). It is approximately 0.66 mi (1.06 km) long, has an average depth of 12 ft (3.7 m) and is 42 ft (13 m) at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 18 May 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of his Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Map of Loch Dochard, Bridge of Orchy, UK

References

Loch Dochard Wikipedia