Mochrum Loch Explained

Mochrum Loch
Pushpin Map:Scotland Dumfries and Galloway
Coords:54.8423°N -4.6493°W
Outflow:Water of Malzie
Basin Countries:Scotland
Length:1.5miles
Width:0.33miles
Area:92ha[1]
Depth:7feet
Max-Depth:13feet
Volume:68000000ft3
Shore:10.2km (06.3miles)
Elevation:75m (246feet)
Islands:8 islets

Mochrum Loch is a large, irregular shaped, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 8miles west of the town of Wigtown.[2] The loch has several rocky islets.

Survey

The loch was surveyed[2] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [3] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mochrum loch. . British lakes . British Lakes. 16 September 2015.
  2. Web site: Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin. National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. 16 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. 16 September 2015.