Loch Leven (Perth and Kinross)
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| Geographical location | Scotland | |
| Drain | Leven | |
| Islands | St Serf's Island | |
| Places on the shore | Kinross | |
| Location close to the shore | Milnathort | |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 3 ° 22 ′ 45 ″ W | |
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| surface | 16.1 km² | |
| length | 5 km | |
| width | 3.5 km | |
| scope | 16 km | |
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particularities |
largest lake in the Central Lowlands |
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Loch Leven is a freshwater lake on the eastern border of the Scottish Council Area Perth and Kinross . The body of water to the east of Kinross and Milnathort is the largest lake in the Central Lowlands . About nine kilometers to the east is Glenrothes .
At its widest point, Loch Leven measures around 3.5 kilometers with a maximum length of 5 kilometers. It has an area of 16.1 km² and a circumference of 16 km. Loch Leven has several small tributaries. The only outflow is the Leven , which leaves the lake in the southeast and flows into the Firth of Forth after 26 km in Leven . In the course of the straightening of the Leven at the beginning of the 19th century, installations to regulate the runoff were built.
There are several islands in Loch Leven, the largest of which is St Serf's Island, about a kilometer long and 500 m wide, in the southeast of the lake. On another island ( Castle Island ) are the ruins of Loch Leven Castle , where Mary Queen of Scots Queen of Scots was imprisoned in the summer of 1567. They escaped in the spring of 1568.
In 1964, Loch Leven was placed under nature protection. On the shores of the lake, and especially on St Serf's Island, numerous migratory birds overwinter. There are also nesting sites for various wild birds.
St Serf's Island
Castle Island
View from Kinross House on Loch Leven (Castle)
Loch Leven satellite image
