Loch a' Ghobhainn | |
Pushpin Map: | Scotland Highland |
Location: | Wester Ross, Highland, Scotland |
Coords: | 57.6305°N -5.5971°W[1] |
Type: | freshwater loch |
Basin Countries: | Scotland |
Length: | 0.75miles[2] |
Width: | 0.3miles |
Area: | 108.7ha |
Depth: | 12.5feet |
Max-Depth: | 28feet |
Volume: | 54000000ft3 |
Shore: | 3.1km (01.9miles) |
Elevation: | 308m (1,010feet) |
Islands: | 2 |
Loch a' Ghobhainn is an upland freshwater loch lying inland and south west of the village of Shieldaig in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular, somewhat elliptical shape with a perimeter of 3.1km (01.9miles). It is approximately 0.75miles long, has an average depth of 12.5feet and is 28feet at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 8 August 1902 by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted[3] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.