List of lochs in Scotland
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This is a list of lochs in Scotland.
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[edit] Freshwater lochs
- Loch Achray
- Loch Ard
- Loch Arkaig
- Loch Assynt in Sutherland on whose north shore stands Ardvreck Castle
- Loch Awe, the third largest loch by surface area, also the longest
- Loch Coruisk Lonely loch in the heart of the Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye
- Loch Dee
- Loch Dochfour
- Loch Doon
- Loch Druidibeag
- Duddingston Loch
- Loch Dungeon
- Dunsapie Loch, small, artificial loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, constructed in 1844
- Loch Earn
- Loch Eck
- Loch Ericht
- Loch Fannich
- Loch Faskally
- Loch Garry
- Loch Grannoch
- Loch Insh
- Loch Katrine, an important water reservoir
- Loch Leven, site of Loch Leven Castle
- Loch Linnhe
- Loch Lochy
- Loch Lomond, the largest by surface area
- Loch Lubnaig,
- Loch Maree, the fourth largest by surface area
- Loch Morar, the fifth largest by surface area, also the deepest lake in the British Isles
- Loch Morlich
- Loch Ness, the second largest by surface area and largest by volume
- Loch Oich
- Loch Ore
- Loch Quoich
- Loch Rannoch
- St. Margaret's Loch, artificial loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
- Loch Shiel
- Loch Shin, the seventh largest by surface area
- Loch Tarsan A Loch in Argyll, formed by the flooding of part of Glen Lean for Hydroelectricity purposes
- Loch Thom, early artificial reservoir
- Loch Tay, the sixth largest by surface area
- Loch Treig
- Loch Trool
- Loch Venachar
- Loch Voil
- Loch Watten, Caithness loch famous for its trout
- Loch Wharral
The freshwater Lake of Menteith is the only natural body of water called a "lake" in Scotland. There are however, one or two other manmade "lakes"; the Lake of the Hirsel being an example.
[edit] Saltwater lochs
- Loch Boisdale
- Loch Bracadale
- Loch Broom
- Loch Buie
- Campbeltown Loch
- Loch Carron
- Loch Creran
- Loch Crinan
- Loch Duich
- Loch Eil
- Loch Eishort
- Loch Eriboll
- Loch Etive
- Loch Ewe
- Loch Eynort
- Loch Fleet
- Loch Fyne, the longest of the sea lochs
- Loch Gairloch
- Gare Loch, home of Faslane Naval Base
- Loch Gilp
- Loch Goil
- Holy Loch, formerly the site of a US Navy nuclear submarine base
- Loch Huorn
- Loch Leven, near Glen Coe
- Loch Linnhe, at the southern end of the Great Glen
- Loch Long, Argyll & Bute
- Loch Long, Highlands
- Loch Nevis
- Loch Riddon off the Kyles of Bute
- Loch Ryan
- Loch Scavaig
- Loch Scridain
- Loch Snizort
- Loch Striven
- Loch Sunart
- Loch Sween
- Loch Torridon
[edit] Historic lochs
- Nor Loch — now filled in
