Loch Ness at Drumnadrochit Inverness-shire
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Loch Ness Drumnadrochit Inverness Highland Region Scotland UKMore information:
Loch Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis) is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands (57°18′N 4°27′W / 57.3, -4.45) extending for approximately 37 km (23 miles) southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 meters (52 ft) above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the legendary Loch Ness Monster, also known as "Nessie". It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal to Loch Oich. At the northern end there is the Bona Narrows which opens out into Loch Dochfour, which feeds the River Ness and a further section of canal to Inverness. It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat content in the surrounding soil. Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 56.4 km² (21.8 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth is the largest by volume. Its deepest point is 230 m (754 ft) , [1] deeper than the height of London's BT Tower at 189 m (620 ft) and deeper than any other loch besides Loch Morar. It contains more fresh water than all lakes in England and Wales combined, and is the largest body of water on the Great Glen Fault, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south. Loch Ness is the largest and best known of the lochs in the Great Glen that along with the connecting canals make it possible to travel by boat from coast to coast in the Scottish Highlands. Loch Ness stretches from 5 miles outside of Inverness in a south westerly direction alongside the A82 Inverness to Fort William road starting at Lochend passing close by Drumnadrochit where the river Enrick flows out of Glen Urquhart into Loch Ness and washes round Castle Urquhart on its way to Fort Augustus at its southernmost end. The Area around Loch Ness includes the larger villages of Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus, and the glens Glen Urquhart and Glen Moriston.