Loch Seaforth
| Loch Seaforth Loch Shiphoirt |
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 View over the lowest section of Loch Seaforth. Seaforth Island can be seen in the foreground on the left. |
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| Waters | The Minch | |
| Land mass | Lewis and Harris | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 59 ′ N , 6 ° 43 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 5 km | |
| length | approx. 25 km | |
The Loch Seaforth , Gaelic : Loch Shiphoirt , is an inlet of the Minch belonging to the Scottish Sea . He enters the land mass of the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris . The line of the Earls of Seaforth , who once ruled Lewis from Lews Castle, is named after him . The Seaforth Highlanders regiment is also named after the inlet.
geography
The inlet enters the land mass on the southeast coast of the twin island. Initially around five kilometers wide, Loch Trollamarig begins on the south bank and Loch Seaforth gradually tapers to a width of around 1.5 km. After a distance of 12.5 km in a north-westerly direction, the course of Loch Seaforth suddenly bends to the north-east. It leads a further nine kilometers into the land mass and is only 400 m wide at its narrowest point. Then the bay splits into two arms that run in an east-west direction. Tob Kintaravay Bay forms the short western arm of this section, also known as Upper Loch Seaforth .
On the first, in a north-westerly direction, Loch Seaforth forms the boundary between the two parts of the island, Lewis and Harris . On both banks steep mountains border the hole. At the kink is Seaforth Island, the largest island in Loch Seaforth. With the exception of a few hamlets, there are no settlements along Loch Seaforth.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Loch Seaforth in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
