Loch Frisa

Loch Frisa
Loch Friosa (Scottish Gaelic)
Loch Frisa is located in Argyll and Bute
Loch Frisa
Loch Frisa
LocationIsle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Coordinates56°33′45″N 6°05′50″W / 56.562439°N 6.097124°W / 56.562439; -6.097124
Typelake
Surface area438 ha (1,080 acres)
Average depth23.3 m (76 ft)
Max. depth62.5 m (205 ft)
Surface elevation76 m (249 ft)
References[1]

Loch Frisa (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Friosa) is a loch on the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.[2][3] It falls within the Argyll and Bute unitary authority area.[4] The loch runs largely northwest to southeast. Its northwestern end is about halfway between Tobermory and Dervaig. It is the largest loch on the Isle of Mull [5] and lies in the civil parish of Kilninian and Kilmore.

Loch Frisa is considered to be low-altitude, medium-alkalinity and generally deep.[1] It is known for eagle watching.[6][7]

The ship HMS Widemouth Bay was for some time named after Loch Frisa,[8][9] and Caledonian Maritime Assets purchased a ferry in 2021 that they named MV Loch Frisa.

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  2. ^ "Loch Frisa (Vol. 5, Plate 67) - Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909". maps.nls.uk.
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  4. ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside.
  5. ^ Murray and Pullar (1910) "Lochs of Mull" Page 174, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Loch Frisa - Forestry and Land Scotland". forestryandland.gov.scot.
  7. ^ "Loch Frisa (Mull)". www.knowledge.me.uk.
  8. ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (1998). Smith, Gordon (ed.). "HMS Widemouth Bay, frigate". naval-history.net. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  9. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (28 February 2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. Casemate / Greenhill. ISBN 9781612000275 – via Google Books.