Loch Roag
| Loch Roag Loch Ròg |
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 View of the outer Loch Roag |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Lewis and Harris | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 14 ′ N , 6 ° 53 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 12.2 km | |
| depth | approx. 11 km | |
Loch Roag , Scottish Gaelic Loch Ròg , is a bay on the west coast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris . As part of Lewis, it was historically part of the traditional county of Ross-shire or later to the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty .
geography
Loch Roag occurs on the west coast in a south-easterly direction about eleven kilometers into the land mass of Lewis , the northern part of the twin island of Lewis and Harris. In the bay, which is approximately 12.2 kilometers wide, there are a number of islands. With Great Bernera , the largest is about in the middle near the head of the bay. It divides Loch Roag into East and West Loch Roag and Loch Barraglom , which separates Great Bernera from Lewis.
Various sub-bays continue from Loch Roag, including Little Loch Roag , Loch Kinhoulavig , Loch Miavaig and Loch Carloway .
With the exception of Great Bernera, all of the islands in Loch Roag are uninhabited. Since 1953 a bridge has spanned the sound between Lewis and Little Bernera.
Among others, the following islands are located in Loch Roag:
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
