Loch Dochard | |
Pushpin Map: | Scotland Argyll and Bute |
Location: | Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Coords: | 56.5358°N -4.9074°W[1] |
Type: | freshwater loch |
Basin Countries: | Scotland |
Length: | 0.66abbr=onNaNabbr=on[2] |
Width: | 0.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Area: | 35.9ha |
Depth: | 12abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Max-Depth: | 42abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Volume: | 54000000abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Shore: | 5.7km (03.5miles) |
Elevation: | 221m (725feet) |
Islands: | 1 |
Loch Dochard is an upland freshwater loch lying approximately 6km (04miles) west of Bridge of Orchy in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape with a perimeter of 3km (02miles). It is approximately 0.66abbr=onNaNabbr=on long, has an average depth of 12abbr=onNaNabbr=on and is 42abbr=onNaNabbr=on at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 18 May 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted[3] as part of his Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.