Loch Lundie

Loch Lundie

Loch Lundie

Loch Lundie
Location Highlands, Scotland
Coordinates 57°05′29″N 4°48′50″W / 57.091500°N 4.814000°W / 57.091500; -4.814000Coordinates: 57°05′29″N 4°48′50″W / 57.091500°N 4.814000°W / 57.091500; -4.814000[1]
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows Allt Lundie[2]
Primary outflows Aldernaig Burn[2]
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 0.75 mi (1.21 km)[2]
Max. width 0.33 mi (0.53 km)[2]
Surface area 44.1 ha (109 acres)[1]
Average depth 40 ft (12 m)[2]
Max. depth 54 ft (16 m)[2]
Water volume 78,000,000 cu ft (2,200,000 m3)[2]
Shore length1 5.5 km (3.4 mi)[1]
Surface elevation 137 m (449 ft)[1]
Islands 2[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Lundie is a small, lowland freshwater loch in Glen Garry, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Invergarry in the Scottish Highlands. The loch is irregular in shape with a perimeter of 0.9 km (0.56 mi). It is approximately 0.75 mi (1.21 km) long, has an average depth of 40 ft (12 m) and is 54 ft (16 m) at its deepest. The loch was surveyed[2] in 1903 by Sir John Murray and James Murray[3] as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

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