Loch Inver

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Loch Inver
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Loch Inver
Location grid reference NC 0707 2213
Coordinates 58°08′45″N5°16′46″W / 58.14590073°N 5.27956005°W / 58.14590073; -5.27956005 Coordinates: 58°08′45″N5°16′46″W / 58.14590073°N 5.27956005°W / 58.14590073; -5.27956005
Type Sea Loch
Basin  countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Salinity Seawater
Surface elevationSea Level
FrozenNo

Loch Inver is a 3.62-kilometre-long (1+6164-nautical-mile) sea loch in Assynt, Sutherland and is on the northwest coast of Scotland. [1] The loch meets the coastal embayment of Enard Bay at the north end and The Minch, where it meets Soyea Island at its mouth. [1]

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Geography

At the head of the bay is Soyea Island. [2] It is small rocky uninhabited island whose radial axis lies on a horizontal line, the same as the bay, and is located 1+34 nmi (3 km) from Badnaban on a bearing of broadly east if slightly north and 2 nmi (4 km) south-southwest of Achmelvich. [3] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Loch Inver, Highland". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Soyea Island". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1911). West Coast of Scotland Pilot. p. 69. Retrieved 29 April 2021.