Mochrum Loch

Mochrum loch
Location	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates	54°50′32″N 4°38′57″W / 54.842300°N 4.649300°W / 54.842300; -4.649300Coordinates: 54°50′32″N 4°38′57″W / 54.842300°N 4.649300°W / 54.842300; -4.649300
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway burn
Primary outflows	Water of Malzie
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1]
Max. width	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[1]
Surface area	92 ha (230 acres)[2]
Average depth	7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. depth	13 ft (4.0 m)[1]
Water volume	68,000,000 cu ft (1,900,000 m3)[1]
Shore length1	10.2 km (6.3 mi)[2]
Surface elevation	75 m (246 ft)[2]
Islands	8 islets[2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Mochrum Loch is a large, irregular shaped, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 8 mi (13 km) west of the town of Wigtown.^[1] The loch has several rocky islets.

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted ^[3] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

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