Fingask Loch Explained

Fingask Loch
Coordinates:56.5711°N -3.3616°W
Type:freshwater loch
Inflow:outflow of White Loch
Outflow:small burn into Lunan Burn
Length:0.482km (00.3miles)
Width:0.4023km (00.25miles)
Area:12.8ha
Depth:23feet
Max-Depth:25feet
Volume:32182000ft3
Shore:1.5km (00.9miles)
Elevation:46m (151feet)
Islands:0
Pushpin Map:Scotland Perth and Kinross

Fingask Loch is a small lowland freshwater loch that is about three-quarters of a mile from Rae Loch in the valley of the Lunan Burn and is 1.5 miles south-east of Blairgowrie, in Perth and Kinross.[1] [2] [3] Directly to the east is the smaller White Loch, and next to it is the Black Loch.

The loch is also a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), as well as forming part of a Special Area of Conservation.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Fingask Loch . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 11 August 2020.
  2. Book: John . Murray . Lawrence . Pullar. Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II - Fingask Loch . National Library of Scotland. 107 . 25 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Fingask Loch. British Lakes. 26 April 2019.