Loch Tay

Loch Tay
Loch Tay and Ben Lawers
Loch Tay is located in Perth and Kinross
Loch Tay
Loch Tay
LocationPerthshire, Scotland
Coordinates56°30′56″N 4°08′46″W / 56.51556°N 4.14611°W / 56.51556; -4.14611
Lake typeLoch
Primary inflowsDochart, Lochay
Catchment area232 sq mi (600 km2)[1]
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Max. length14.55 mi (23.42 km)[1]
Max. width0.7 mi (1.1 km)[1]
Surface area10.19 sq mi (26.4 km2)[1]
Average depth60.66 m (199.0 ft)[1]
Max. depth154.8 m (508 ft)[1]
Water volume1.6 km3 (0.38 cu mi)
Shore length13 km (1.9 mi)
Surface elevation102 m (335 ft)
Islands7
SettlementsKillin, Kenmore, Lawers, Ardeonaig
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Tay (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Tatha) is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas, the largest body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross.[2] The watershed of Loch Tay traditionally formed the historic province of Breadalbane.

It is a long, narrow loch about 14.55 miles (23.42 km) long, and typically around 1 to 1.5 miles (1.6 to 2.4 km) wide, following the line of the strath from the south-west to north-east. It is the sixth-largest loch in Scotland by area and more 150 metres (490 ft) deep at its deepest.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, National Library of Scotland, 1909
  2. ^ Atkinson, John A.; Dalglish, Chris; Dixon, Nicholas T.; Donnelly, Michael; Harrison, John G.; Lelong, Olivia; MacGregor, Gavin; Bateson, J. D.; Clarke, Ann; Constable, Sue; Cox, Adrian (1 January 2016). "Ben Lawers: An Archaeological Landscape in Time. Results from the Ben Lawers Historic Landscape Project, 1996–2005". Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. 62. doi:10.9750/issn.1473-3803.2016.62. ISSN 2056-7421.
  3. ^ "Lochs of the Tay Basin". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2021.