Loch Stack

Loch Stack
Loch Stack
Loch Stack
Location	Sutherland, Scotland
Coordinates	58°20′12″N 4°55′28″W / 58.336700°N 4.924500°W / 58.336700; -4.924500[1]
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	An Earachd[2]
Primary outflows	River Laxford [2]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	4 km (2.5 mi)[2]
Surface area	252.1 ha (623 acres)[1]
Average depth	26 m (86 ft)[2]
Max. depth	33 m (108 ft)[2]
Water volume	28,000,000 m3 (988,000,000 cu ft)[2]
Shore length1	16.6 km (10.3 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	46 m (151 ft)[1]
Islands	1[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Stack is a large, irregularly shaped freshwater loch in the Northwest of Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Laxford Bridge and is surrounded by mountains. Ben Stack rises steeply from the loch's southwestern shore and Arkle lies directly to the north.

Survey[]

The loch was surveyed^[2] between 6 and 8 September 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Murray and later charted^[3] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

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