Loch Leven (Highland)
| Loch Leven | ||
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 Loch Leven looking west |
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| Waters | Loch Linnhe | |
| Land mass | Great Britain (island) | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 41 ′ N , 5 ° 6 ′ W | |
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| width | 1.6 km | |
| length | approx. 17 km | |
 View to the northeast over the 90-meter-narrow |
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Loch Leven is a side arm ( sea loch ) of the bay of Loch Linnhe . It is located on the west coast of Scotland in the district ( Council Area ) Highland and the former district of Lochaber. The loch formed a natural boundary between the former counties of Inverness-shire in the north and Argyll in the south.
Loch Leven has a length of about 17 km and a width of 90 m to 1.6 km. The only towns on its shore are Ballachulish , Glencoe and Kinlochleven at the head of the bay, which were rich in aluminum.
On the south bank extends the Aonach Eagach massif , to the west of which the Glen Coe flows, a valley in the Glen Coe Mountains that gained notoriety through the 1692 massacre of Glencoe . The fjord became known to a larger audience, at least visually, through the film recordings of blockbusters such as Braveheart or Rob Roy that were shot there .
Transport links
It was not until 1927 that Loch Leven was opened to car traffic with the completion of the B863, a single-lane road leading from Glencoe around almost the entire loch. The B863 rejoins the A82 to Fort William and on to the Highland capital Inverness in Ballachulish North , near the strait to Loch Linnhe . With the opening of the Ballachulish Bridge in 1975, the strait from Loch Leven to Loch Linnhe can be crossed via the A82 without ferry interruptions. Since the branch line to Ballachulish South was closed in 1966 , Loch Leven is no longer accessible by rail.
Web links
- Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland (Engl.)
- Loch Leven Hotel (Ballachulish) in Undiscovered Scotland (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leven, Loch. Gazetteer for Scotland, December 9, 2009, accessed July 13, 2013 .