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Loch Inver

Coordinates: 58°08′45″N 5°16′46″W / 58.14590073°N 5.27956005°W / 58.14590073; -5.27956005
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Loch Inver
Loch Inver is located in Sutherland
Loch Inver
Loch Inver
Locationgrid reference NC 0707 2213
Coordinates58°08′45″N 5°16′46″W / 58.14590073°N 5.27956005°W / 58.14590073; -5.27956005
TypeSea Loch
Basin countriesScotland, United Kingdom
SalinitySeawater
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]

Geography

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.