Loch Fender

{{Short description| A lake in Perth and Kinross, Scotland}}

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| image = Loch Fender - geograph.org.uk - 1367791.jpg

| alt = A lake with grass growing up through the water

| caption = Meall Dearg rises above the loch 1 Km away.

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Loch Fender is a small irregular shaped freshwater loch that lies to the north of Loch Freuchie and three miles south-south-east of Amulree and {{frac|2|1|2}} miles from southeast from Milton in Perth and Kinross. For its size it is very deep.{{cite web |last1=Gittings |first1=Bruce |last2=Munro |first2=David |title=Fender, Loch|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst2523.html|website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=13 October 2019}}{{cite book |last1=John |first1=Murray |last2=Lawrence |first2=Pullar|title=Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897–1909 Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II – Loch Freuchie |url=https://maps.nls.uk/bathymetric/text/page/958|location=National Library of Scotland|pages=115 |accessdate=10 October 2019}}{{PD-notice}}{{cite web |title=Loch Fender |url=https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/apps/lakes/detail.html#wbid=23651 |website=Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |publisher=Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) |accessdate=13 October 2019}}

Geography

Loch Fender lies midway between Glen Quaich and Glen Cochill in a bowl formed between two small hills, at the top of Glen Fender.

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