For those who don’t know, a
loch is the
Scottish name for a
lake. Listed below are some of the major lochs, with brief notes on their locations and other features. (Lochs in bold are already noded).
- Loch Arkaig – This loch branches off to the west of Loch Lochy
- Loch Assynt
– Located in the northwest Highlands, north of Ullapool
- Loch Awe
-This loch is located near Oban, south of Ben Cruachan
- Loch Boisdale - Sea-loch on the coast of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides
- Loch Bracadale - Sea-loch on the coast of Skye
- Loch Broom – Sea-loch with Ullapool on its shores - ferries for Stornoway sail along it
- Loch Clunie - This loch is west of Fort Augustus, and is one of two connected to Loch Ness by Glen Moriston
- Loch Dunvegan - Sea-loch on the coast of Skye
- Loch Earn – This loch is west of Crieff and Perth, and lies just south of Loch Tay
- Loch Eck – Small loch just north of the Holy Loch
- Loch Eil – This loch branches off the Great Glen of Loch Linnhe and the Caledonian Canal at Fort William
- Loch Eriboll – A sea-loch on the north coast, near Durness
- Loch Ericht –North of Loch Rannoch, on the Rannoch Moor
- Loch Erisort - Sea-loch on east coast of the isle of Lewis, just south of Stornoway
- Loch Etive - Runs from north of Oban alongside Ben Cruachan
- Loch Ewe – Sea-loch at the head of Loch Maree, on the west coast of the Highlands
- Loch Fannich – Inland loch east of Loch Maree
- Loch Faskally – This loch lies beside Pitlochry, and is fed by the river Tay
- Loch Fyne – Sea-loch running from the northern end of the Mull of Kintyre to Inveraray, home of the Duke of Argyll at Inveraray Castle
- Gairloch – Sea-loch on the west coast of the Highlands, west of Loch Maree, and opposite northern Skye
- Gare Loch – Sea-loch on the Firth of Clyde, with Faslane submarine base nearby
- Loch Glass - West of the Cromarty Firth in Easter Ross, close to Dingwall and Inverness
- Loch Goil - Offshoot of Loch Long, leading to Lochgoilhead
- Holy Loch - Sea-loch at the Firth of Clyde, home to a US nuclear submarine base, and the resort town of Dunoon.
- Loch Hourn – North of Mallaig, opposite Skye across the Sound of Sleet
- Loch Inchard - Sea-loch in the north-west corner of Scotland, just south of Cape Wrath
- Loch Katrine -The source of Glasgow's drinking water, in the Trossachs just north of Ben Lomond
- Loch Laggan - East of Loch Lochy
- Loch Langavat – Inland loch of the isle of Lewis
- Loch Laxford - Sea-loch south of Loch Inchard on the north-west coast
- Loch Leven - Near Glenrothes in Fife, with Kinross on its shores. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned on Castle Island here
- Loch Linnhe - Sea-loch with its mouth at the islands of Mull and Lismore, and Fort William and the Caledonian Canal at its northern tip
- Loch Lochy – The southern loch in the Caledonian Canal which links it to Fort William in the south
- Loch Lomond - One of the most famous of Scottish lochs, site of Scotland's new national park and many tourist facilities and activities. The loch is near Glasgow, with Balloch on its shores.
- Loch Long – a very long sea-loch, as its name suggests, stretching north from the Firth of Clyde
- Loch Loyne – south of Loch Clunie, and fed by Glen Moriston, west ofFort Augustus and Loch Ness
- Loch Maree – One of the largest lochs in the northwest Highlands, a favourite of Queen Victoria
- Loch Monar - This loch is west of Inverness, in the northwest Highlands
- Loch Morar - The town of Mallaig is just north of this loch
- Loch More - This loch is in the far northwestern corner of Scotland
- Loch Naver – This loch lies near Tongue on the north coast of Caithness
- Loch Ness -Probably Scotland's most famous loch, and certainly its deepest - supposed home of the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie. Urquhart Castle is on its shores, and Inverness is nearby
- Loch Oich – The small loch in the middle of the Caledonian Canal
- Loch Quoich – Inland loch lying east of Mallaig
- Loch Rannoch - This loch lies in the beautiful but bleak Rannoch Moor in the Grampian mountains
- Loch Scavaig - Sea-loch on the coast of Skye
- Loch Scridain -Sea-loch on the coast of Mull
- Loch Sheil - This loch has Glenfinnan at its head, and lies west of Fort William. Glenfinnan was where Prince Charles Edward Stuart raised his standard to begin the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. A National Trust monument commemorates the event. There is also a striking railway viaduct here.
- Loch Shin - Very long loch in the northern Highlands
- Loch Slapin - Sea-loch on the coast of Skye
- Loch Snizort - Sea-loch on the north coast of Skye
- Loch Sunart - Sea-loch in Morvern, between Loch Linnhe and Mull
- Loch Tay - Near Crianlarich, with Kenmore at its head
- Loch Torridon – Sea-loch opposite Skye
- Loch Tummel - Lying west of Pitlochry, Queen's View above this loch was another of Victoria's favourites
- Loch Vennacher - This loch is in the Trossachs, near Aberfoyle and Callander
Source:
The Time Concise Atlas of the World