Loch Coruisk

Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk is located in Highland
Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk
LocationIsle of Skye, Highlands, Scotland
Coordinates57°12′27″N 6°10′08″W / 57.2074°N 6.1690°W / 57.2074; -6.1690
Typefreshwater loch
Primary inflowsCoruisk River, Allt a' Choire Riabhaich
Primary outflowsScavaig River
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom

Loch Coruisk (Scottish Gaelic: Coire Uisg, meaning the "Cauldron of Waters") is an inland fresh-water loch, lying at the foot of the Black Cuillin in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands.

Loch Coruisk is reputed to be the home of a kelpie or water horse, a shape-shifting creature that can assume human form.[1]

  1. ^ Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 449. ISBN 9780340165973.