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Loch of Bosquoy

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Type
  
freshwater loch

Basin countries
  
Scotland

Max. width
  
0.33 mi (0.53 km)

Area
  
26 ha

Length
  
1.21 km

Outflow location
  
Loch of Harray

Catchment area
  
3.25 sq mi (8.4 km)

Max. length
  
0.75 mi (1.21 km)

Surface elevation
  
11 m

Mean depth
  
1.5 m

Width
  
530 m

Primary outflows
  
Loch of Harray via a sluice

The Loch of Bosquoy is a small, shallow, rhomboid shaped loch on Mainland, Orkney situated just off the north east corner of the Loch of Harray. The loch was surveyed during 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Map of Loch of Bosquoy, Orkney, UK

References

Loch of Bosquoy Wikipedia