Loch Quoich
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Loch Quoich | |
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![]() Looking south west to Sgurr Mòr in the distance | |
![]() ![]() Loch Quoich | |
Location | Lochaber, Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°04′N 5°17′W / 57.067°N 5.283°WCoordinates: 57°04′N 5°17′W / 57.067°N 5.283°W |
Type | reservoir, loch |
Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Loch Quoich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Chuaich) is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40 km northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The name means "loch of the quaich".
Both lochs form part of the Glen Garry hydroelectricity project commissioned by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board in the 1950s.
The scheme was completed in 1962.
Gallery[]
LochQuoich From Spidean Mialach
Loch Quoich From the roadside, looking west
Stag at Loch Quoich
See also[]
- List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
External links[]
Media related to Loch Quoich at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Lochs of Highland (council area)
- Reservoirs in Highland (council area)
- Freshwater lochs of Scotland