Loch Ailort
| Loch Ailort Loch Ailleart ( Scottish Gaelic ) |
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 View from a slope of An Stac towards Loch Ailort and the Sound of Arisaig beyond. |
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| Waters | Scottish Sea | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 51 '36 " N , 5 ° 42' 40" W | |
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| Islands | Eilean Dubh, Sgeir Bhuidhe, Eilean Buidhe, Eilean nam Bairneach, Eilean a'Bhuic, Eilean nan Gobhar, Eilean a'Chaolais | |
| Tributaries | River Ailort , Irine Burn, Alisary Burn | |
Loch Ailort is a bay (Sea Loch) in Scotland . The V-shaped hole is connected to the Scottish Sea via the Sound of Arisaig . There are some small islands in the hole. The most important tributary is the River Ailort, which comes from Loch Eilt.
On the southern bank are the very small towns of Roshven and Alisary . Here since 1966, which runs A861 , which at the north end of the hole at the place Lochailort in the past leading there Road to the Isles (A830) opens. The West Highland Railway runs parallel to the A830 with a request stop in Lochailort. The western shore is on the practically uninhabited Ardnish Peninsula .
The hole is used economically for salmon farming. However, through fish farming, parasitic Caligidae ( English sea lice ) also got into the water, which resulted in a very strong decline in the native wild fish population.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Locheilort. In: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. 2017, accessed on September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Lochailort recirculation unit. In: robertson.co.uk. Retrieved September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Bruce Sandison: Rivers and Lochs of Scotland 2013/2014 Edition: The Angler's Complete Guide . Black & White Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84502-712-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).