Lochan Buidhe

{{Short description|Lake in the Highlands of Scotland}}

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| location = Cairngorms, Grampian Mountains, Scotland

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| outflow = Feith Buidhe

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Lochan Buidhe is a small freshwater loch located on the Cairngorm Plateau in the eastern Highlands of Scotland.

At over {{convert|1120|m|abbr=on}} above sea level, it is the highest named body of water in the British Isles.https://www.wildernessscotland.com/blog/top-5-walking-routes-cairngorms-ben-macdui/. Retrieved 17 July 2024.{{Cite web|title=Winter Navigation: water features and their perils |url=https://scotmountainholidays.com/all-things-hiking/winter-navigation-water-features-and-their-perils/|access-date=2023-10-24|website=scotmountainholidays.com|language=en}}

The loch and its primary outflow, Feith Buidhe were the site of the 1971 Cairngorm Plateau disaster, in which a group of five school students and their leader died of exposure after being stranded in the open for two nights in a blizzard.

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