Loch Langavat

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Loch Langavat
View of Loch Langavat below Rapaire - geograph.org.uk - 601719.jpg
View over the branching Loch Langavat
Geographical location Lewis and Harris , Outer Hebrides , Scotland
Drain in the Atlantic Ocean
Location close to the shore Stornoway
Data
Coordinates 58 ° 5 ′  N , 6 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 58 ° 5 ′  N , 6 ° 47 ′  W
Loch Langavat (Scotland)
Loch Langavat
Altitude above sea level 37  m ASL
surface 8.95 km²
length 12 km
width 1.8 km
volume 68,043,834 m³
scope 53 km
Maximum depth 29.9 m
Middle deep 7.6 m
Catchment area 70.36 km²

Loch Langavat is a freshwater lake on the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris . The lake is about halfway between the inlets of Loch Resort and Loch Erisort .

The border between Lewis and Harris , the parts of the twin island Lewis and Harris, runs through the lake. Historically, it was therefore in the traditional counties of Ross-shire (Lewis) and Inverness-shire (Harris). Today it lies entirely in the Outer Hebrides Council Area . Located in the extremely sparsely populated interior of the island, the shores of Loch Langavat are not populated. The island's capital, Stornoway, is about 25 kilometers northeast.

The name Langavat is derived from the Old Norse words lang and vatn and means "long lake". It comes from the time of the Viking colonization of the Hebrides.

description

The elongated, narrow lake lies at a height of 37 meters above sea level. It presents itself with a fragmented structure in the boggy interior of Lewis' island. Loch Langavat has a length of a little more than twelve kilometers with a maximum width of about 1.8 kilometers. Its fragmentation is reflected in its relatively high bank circumference of 53 kilometers. Various streams feed the volume of 68,043,834  kiloliters . The catchment area of ​​Loch Langavat is 7036  hectares . Loch Langavat has an average depth of 7.6 meters with a maximum depth of 29.9 meters. He owns several small islands. The lake is part of a collection of numerous small lakes that are connected by short streams and drain into the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of the island via Loch Roag .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Information from the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology
  2. ↑ a b c d Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ a b c Measurement on Google Maps
  4. ^ Herbert Maxwell : Scottish Land-Names: Their Origin and Meaning , William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1894.

Web links

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