Loch Gelly

Loch Gelly
Loch Gheallaidh
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Location	Fife, Scotland
Coordinates	56°7′3″N 3°17′12″W / 56.11750°N 3.28667°WCoordinates: 56°7′3″N 3°17′12″W / 56.11750°N 3.28667°W
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	Lochgelly burn
Primary outflows	Lochgelly burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)[1]
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1]
Average depth	7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. depth	9 ft (2.7 m)[1]
Water volume	32,000,000 cu ft (910,000 m^3)[1]
Surface elevation	351.2 ft (107.0 m)[1]

Loch Gelly (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Gheallaidh) is a small loch in Fife, Scotland lying approximately 1.5 km to the south east of the town of Lochgelly which itself is named after the loch. The Gaelic name of the loch, Loch Gheallaidh, can be loosely translated as Loch of Shining Waters or Loch of Brightness.^[2] It is a broad, shallow flat bottomed basin approximately 1.75 km in length from west to east and 0.75 km wide at its maximum breadth.

Land around the loch is owned by Wemyss 1952 Trustees.^[3]

The loch was surveyed^[1] on 11 May 1905 by Sir John Murray and later charted ^[4] as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. ^[5]

References

1. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Reservoirs of the Forth Basin". http://www.nls.uk/''. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
2. "The Gelly Trust – Lochgelly Community Development Forum". http://lcdf.org.uk/''. The Gelly Trust. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-22..
3. "Who owns Lochgelly Loch? - Freedom of information request made to Fife Council". June 2010. Retrieved 2013-07-22..
4. "View: Loch Fitty; Loch Gelly; Harperleas Reservoir; Burn... - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". Retrieved 2013-07-22.
5. Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh.