Loch Awe | |
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Location | NC24561530 |
Coordinates | 58°05′29″N 4°58′40″W / 58.09130096°N 4.97789574°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | Unnamed burn that flows from Loch Na Gruagaich into the northern end of Loch Awe. |
Primary outflows | River Loanan flows north from Loch Awe and drains into Loch Assynt |
Max. length | 1.28 km (0.80 mi)[1] |
Max. width | 0.48 km (0.30 mi)[1] |
Surface area | 31 ha (77 acres)[2] |
Average depth | 4.92126 ft (1.50000 m)[1] |
Max. depth | 6.88976 ft (2.10000 m)[1] |
Water volume | 16,573,596.9 cu ft (469,312.00 m3)[1] |
Shore length1 | 4 km (2.5 mi) [2] |
Surface elevation | 154 m (505 ft)[2] |
Max. temperature | 53.5 °F (11.9 °C) |
Min. temperature | 3.5 °F (−15.8 °C) |
Islands | 8 |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Loch Awe is a small loch, located 4 miles south of Loch Assynt and next to the village of Ledmore, within the Assynt area of Sutherland, Scotland.[3][2][1] The loch is located in an area along with neighbouring Coigach, as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area,[4] one of 40 such areas in Scotland.[5]