Loch Lochy
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{{Infobox body of water
|name = Loch Lochy
|image = Loch Lochy.jpg
|caption = View from the A82
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|caption_bathymetry =
|location = Lochaber, Highland, Scotland
|coords = {{Coord|56|58|07|N|4|54|38|W|region:GB_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
|type = freshwater loch
|pushpin_map=Scotland Highland
|inflow = River Arkaig
|outflow = River Lochy
|catchment =
|basin_countries = United Kingdom
|length = {{convert|16|km|abbr=on}}
|width =
|area = {{convert|16|km2|abbr=on}}
|depth = {{convert|70|m|abbr=on}}
|max-depth = {{convert|162|m|abbr=on}}
|volume = {{Convert|1.1|km3|abbr=on}}
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|elevation = {{convert|94|ft|abbr=on}}
|islands =
|cities = Close to Nevis range mountains experience 0.7 km
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Loch Lochy ({{langx|gd|Loch Lòchaidh}}) is a large freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.{{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 Polly Basin Volume II – Loch Lurgainn|url=https://maps.nls.uk/bathymetric/text/37533 |access-date=15 November 2022|page=356}}{{PD-notice}}{{cite web |title=Loch Lochy|url=https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/apps/lakes/detail.html#wbid=21328|website=Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |publisher=Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) |access-date=15 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Gittings |first1=Bruce |last2=Munro |first2=David |title=Loch Lochy |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst2182.html|website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |access-date=15 November 2022}} With a mean depth of {{convert|70|m|abbr=on}}, it is the third-deepest loch of Scotland.
Geography
Located {{convert|16|km|abbr=on|0}} southwest of Loch Ness along the Great Glen, the loch is over {{convert|15|km|abbr=on|0}} long with an average width of about {{convert|1|km|mi|frac=8|abbr=on}}. The River Lochy flows from its southwestern end while the Caledonian Canal links its northeastern extent to Loch Oich.
Loch Lochy should not be confused with Loch Loch, which lies to the east of Beinn a' Ghlò.
History
The Battle of the Shirts was fought at its northern end near Laggan in July 1544, between Clan Donald and Clan Fraser.Appleton's European guide book for English-speaking travellers, Volume 1 page 92 (1886)
The Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig in September 1665 ended a 360-year feud between the Camerons and the Chattan Confederation. It took place at Achnacarry, on the isthmus between Loch Lochy and Loch Arkaig.
Folklore tales mention a supernatural being called the River Horse which was said to emerge from the lake and assume a horse's shape before feeding on the loch's banks.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25098203 |title=PECULIAR SUPERSTITIONS. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=3 January 1925 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}} The River Horse was also known as the Lord of the Lake and the Water King and would overturn boats and "entice mares from their pastures". Another tradition was that of the River Bull, "a gentle, harmless creature", who would "emerge from the lake into the pasture of cows".
References
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Category:Lochs of Highland (council area)