Loch Langavat (South Harris)
| Loch Langavat | ||
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| View over Loch Langavat | ||
| Geographical location | Lewis and Harris , Outer Hebrides , Scotland | |
| Drain | in the Atlantic Ocean | |
| Location close to the shore | Leverburgh | |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 48 '0 " N , 6 ° 58' 27" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 44 m ASL | |
| surface | 1.43 km² | |
| length | 4.2 km | |
| width | 800 m | |
| volume | 10,666,910 m³ | |
| scope | 12 km | |
| Middle deep | 7.5 m | |
| Catchment area | 7.2 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.
Near the north shore is a round island 12.5 meters in diameter, which may be man-made. It was connected to the bank by an 18-meter-long and 1.5-meter-wide dam, which is now below the water level. On the island are the ruinous remains of a broch or dun , possibly dating to the Iron Age.
geography
The lake is about seven kilometers north of the southern tip of Harris about three kilometers northeast of Leverburgh . 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 the extremely sparsely populated interior of the island, the shores of Loch Langavat are not populated.
description
The elongated, narrow lake is at a height of 44 meters above sea level. Loch Langavat has a length of a little more than 4.2 kilometers with a maximum width of about 800 meters, resulting in a bank circumference of twelve kilometers and an area of 143 hectares .
Various small streams feed the volume of 10,666,910 kiloliters . The catchment area of Loch Langavat is 720 hectares. Loch Langavat has an average depth of 7.5 meters. It drains into the North Atlantic via a small stream via Loch na Moracha and Loch Steisevat near Leverburgh .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Information from the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology
- ^ A b c 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 Broch in Loch Langavat in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
