Loch Frisa

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Loch Frisa
Loch Friosa (Scottish Gaelic)
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Loch Frisa
Location Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Coordinates 56°33′45″N6°05′50″W / 56.562439°N 6.097124°W / 56.562439; -6.097124
Type lake
Surface area438 ha (1,080 acres)
Average depth23.3 m (76 ft)
Max. depth62.5 m (205 ft)
Surface elevation76 m (249 ft)
References [1]

Loch Frisa (Scottish Gaelic : Loch Friosa) is a loch on the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. [2] [3] It falls within the Argyll and Bute unitary authority area. [4] The loch runs largely northwest to southeast. Its northwestern end is about halfway between Tobermory and Dervaig. It is the largest loch on the Isle of Mull [5] and lies in the civil parish of Kilninian and Kilmore.

Loch Frisa is considered to be low-altitude, medium-alkalinity and generally deep. [1] It is known for eagle watching. [6] [7]

The ship HMS Widemouth Bay was for some time named after Loch Frisa, [8] [9] and Caledonian Maritime Assets purchased a ferry in 2021 that they named MV Loch Frisa.

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References

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  2. "Loch Frisa (Vol. 5, Plate 67) - Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909". maps.nls.uk.
  3. "Loch Frisa". Loch Frisa.
  4. "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside.
  5. Murray and Pullar (1910) "Lochs of Mull" Page 174, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. "Loch Frisa - Forestry and Land Scotland". forestryandland.gov.scot.
  7. "Loch Frisa (Mull)". www.knowledge.me.uk.
  8. Mason, Geoffrey B. (1998). Smith, Gordon (ed.). "HMS Widemouth Bay, frigate". naval-history.net. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  9. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (28 February 2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. Casemate / Greenhill. ISBN   9781612000275 via Google Books.