Loch Snizort

Loch Snizort
Location	Isle of Skye, Hebrides, Scotland
Coordinates	57°34′N 6°28′W / 57.567°N 6.467°W
Type	Sea Loch
Primary inflows	River Snizort
Primary outflows	The Lower Minch
Max. width	8 miles (13 km)
Islands	Ascrib Islands
Settlements	Bernisdale
References	Groome, Francis H (1885). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography 6. Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

Loch Snizort is a sea loch in the northwest of the Isle of Skye between the Waternish and Trotternish peninsulas. It is fed by the River Snizort, originating in the hills east of Bracadale.^[1] The mouth of Loch Snizort gives access to the lower Minch and contains the Ascrib Islands.

Sea fishing in Loch Snizort yields mackerel, pollock, and ling.^[2]

See also

• List of lochs in Scotland

Footnotes

1. "Loch Snizort". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
2. Bradshaw, Mathew (2007). "Highland Fishing". Retrieved 4 July 2011.

Coordinates: 57°34′N 6°28′W / 57.567°N 6.467°W