Loch na h-Oidhche

Loch na h-Oidhche
Loch na h-Oidhche
Location	Torridon, Wester Ross, Scotland
Coordinates	57°37′16″N 5°31′36″W / 57.62111°N 5.52667°W
Type	freshwater loch[1]
Primary outflows	Amhainn a'Gharbh-Choire[2]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.75 mi (2.82 km)[1]
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1]
Surface area	347 acres (1.40 km^2)[1]
Average depth	54 ft (16 m)[1]
Max. depth	121 ft (37 m)[1]
Water volume	816,000,000 cu ft (23,100,000 m^3)[1]
Surface elevation	approximately 1,250 ft (380 m) [1]

Loch na h-Oidhche (Loch of the night)^[3][4] is a remote freshwater loch lying between Loch Torridon and Loch Maree in the Flowerdale Forest, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is approximately 4.5 mi (7.2 km) north of the small village of Torridon and 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Gairloch.

The loch is oblong in shape and trends north by northwest to south by southeast. It drains by a bifurcated stream and several small lochs into Loch Maree and Loch Gairloch. The surrounding area is mountainous with Beinn an Eoin to the east and Baosbheinn to the west. The loch was surveyed on 7 August 1902^[1] by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted^[5] as part of the Sir John Murray and Laurence Pullar's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Wild brown trout are known to inhabit the loch.^[4]

References

1. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Gairloch Basin". http://www.nls.uk/''. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
2. "OS Quarter Inch to the Mile Maps of Scotland, 1921-1923: Sheet 6 - The Western Highlands". http://www.nls.uk/''. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
3. "Am Faclair Bleag". http://www.faclair.com/''. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
4. "Fishing in the Gairloch area: Loch na h-Oidhche". http://www.gairloch-fishing.co.uk/na_oidhche.htm''. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
5. "Lochs a' Bhealaich, a' Ghobhainn & na h-Oidhche (Vol. 5, Plate 19)". http://www.nls.uk/''. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

See also

• List of lochs in Scotland