Loch Bad an Sgalaig explained

Loch Bad an Sgalaig
Pushpin Map:	Scotland Highland
Coords:	57.6756°N -5.6092°W^[1]
Type:	freshwater loch and reservoir^[2] ^[3]
Inflow:	Abhainn a' Gharbh Choire
Basin Countries:	Scotland
Length:	0.66miles
Width:	0.5miles
Area:	132.2ha
Depth:	24.25feet
Max-Depth:	64feet
Volume:	151000000ft3
Shore:	10.2km (06.3miles)
Elevation:	116m (381feet)

Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5miles south of the village of Gairloch, in Wester Ross, Scotland.

The north west end of the loch, where it outflows to the Eas na Laimh stream,^[4] was dammed in 1949 to power the Kerry Falls hydroelectric power station.^[5]

The loch was surveyed on 30 July 1902^[2] by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted^[6] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

See also

• List of lochs in Scotland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loch Bad an Sgalaig. . 2013. British Lakes. British Lakes. 23 November 2014.
2. Web site: Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Gairloch Basin. . 23 November 2014.
3. Web site: Bad an Sgalaig, Loch . Gazetteer of Scotland. 23 November 2014.
4. Web site: Poll A' Chuilinn, Power Station. Canmore. 23 November 2014.
5. Web site: Kerry Falls Power Station. Gazetteer of Scotland. 23 November 2014.
6. Web site: Loch an Eilein; Loch Bad a' Chrotha; Loch Braigh Horrisdale; Loch Bad an Sgalaig.... National Library of Scotland. 23 November 2014.