Loch Calavie
| Loch Calavie | ||
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| Loch Calavie photographed from the north | ||
| Geographical location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Drain | Allt Loch Calavie → Loch an Tachdaidh → An Gead Loch → Loch Monar | |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 23 '48 " N , 5 ° 14' 5" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 344 m ASL | |
| surface | 67.5 ha | |
| length | 1.6 km | |
| width | 400 m | |
| volume | 7,800,000 m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 26 m | |
| Middle deep | 12 m | |
Loch Calavie is a freshwater lake in Scotland . It is located in the Skye and Lochalsh district in the Highland Council Area . Loch Calavie has the typical elongated shape of a lake created by glaciers in the Ice Age . It is around 1,600 m long, but on average only around 400 m wide. It has a water volume of about 0.008 km³ and a surface area of 0.67 km². An area of around 16 km² drains into the lake.
The shores of the lake appear exclusively as grassland and are completely uninhabited. West of Loch Calavie is the 797 m high Beinn Dronaig, east of the 986 m high Lurg Mhòr . The lake is not accessed by any road. Loch Calavie can only be reached via an unpaved dirt road from Patt Lodge on Loch Monar .
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