Loch Inver Explained

Loch Inver
Coordinates:58.1459°N -5.2796°W
Type:Sea Loch
Basin Countries:Scotland, United Kingdom
Salinity:Seawater
Elevation:Sea Level
Frozen:No
Pushpin Map:Scotland Sutherland

Loch Inver is a 3.62km (02.25miles) sea loch in Assynt, Sutherland and is on the northwest coast of Scotland.[1] The loch meets the coastal embayment of Enard Bay at the north end and The Minch, where it meets Soyea Island at its mouth.[1]

Geography

At the head of the bay is Soyea Island.[2] It is small rocky uninhabited island whose radial axis lies on a horizontal line, the same as the bay, and is located NaNround=0.5NaNround=0.5 from Badnaban on a bearing of broadly east if slightly north and 20NaN0 south-southwest of Achmelvich.[3] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Loch Inver, Highland . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 19 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Soyea Island . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 29 April 2021.
  3. Book: Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept. West Coast of Scotland Pilot. 29 April 2021. 1911. 69.