Loch of Stenness

Loch of Stenness
Stenness loch
Looking over the Loch of Stenness towards Hoy
Loch of Stenness
Location	Orkney, Scotland
Coordinates	59°00′N 3°15′W / 59.000°N 3.250°W / 59.000; -3.250
Type	brackish loch
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	4 mi (6.4 km)[1]
Max. width	1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1]
Surface area	2.5 sq mi (6.5 km2)[1]
Average depth	10.5 ft (3.2 m)[1]
Max. depth	17 ft (5.2 m)[1]
Water volume	716,000,000 cu ft (0.0203 km3)[1]
Surface elevation	3.6 ft (1.1 m)[1]

The Loch of Stenness is a large brackish loch on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland^[2] and is named for the parish of Stenness. It is 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northeast of the town of Stromness, lies immediately to the south of the Loch of Harray and is close to the World Heritage neolithic sites of the Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.^[3] In Old Norse its name was Steinnesvatn.^[4]