Loch Langavat (North Harris)
| Loch Langavat | ||
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| View over Loch Langavat | ||
| Geographical location | Lewis and Harris , Outer Hebrides , Scotland | |
| Drain | in the Atlantic Ocean | |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 58 '20 " N , 7 ° 2' 11" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 27 m ASL | |
| surface | 8 ha | |
| length | 750 m | |
| width | 190 m | |
| volume | 402,007 m³ | |
| scope | 2 km | |
| Middle deep | 5.2 m | |
| Catchment area | 1.52 km² | |
Loch Langavat , Scottish Gaelic Loch Langabhat , is a freshwater lake on the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris . It is one of four lakes with this name on the double island (see also Loch Langavat (disambiguation) ).
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.
geography
The lake is located near the northwest coast of Harris about five kilometers southeast of the hamlet of Hushinish . About three kilometers south-east is the hamlet of Amhuinnsuidhe with the manor Amhuinnsuidhe Castle , which Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore had built in the 1860s. Located on Harris, Loch Langavat was historically part of the traditional county of Inverness-shire . Today Harris is part of the Outer Hebrides Council Area . Located in an extremely sparsely populated region of the twin islands, the shores of Loch Langavat are not populated. The B887 runs along the east bank.
description
The elongated, narrow lake lies at a height of 27 meters above sea level. Loch Langavat has a length of about 750 meters with a maximum width of about 190 meters, resulting in a bank circumference of two kilometers and an area of eight hectares .
Various small streams feed the volume of 402,007 kiloliters . The catchment area of Loch Langavat is 152 hectares. Loch Langavat has an average depth of 5.2 meters. It drains over a small stream over Loch Haladail near Amhuinnsuidhe into the bay of Loch Leosavay .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Information from the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology
- ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b c Measurement on Google Maps
- ^ Herbert Maxwell : Scottish Land-Names: Their Origin and Meaning , William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1894.
- ↑ Entry on Amhuinnsuidhe Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
