St John's Loch
| St John's Loch | ||
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| View over St John's Loch | ||
| Geographical location | Highland , Scotland | |
| Drain | Burn of Dunnet → Dunnet Bay | |
| Places on the shore | Dunnet | |
| Location close to the shore | Thurso | |
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| Coordinates | 58 ° 37 '50 " N , 3 ° 20' 10" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 25 m ASL | |
| surface | 78 ha | |
| length | 1.3 km | |
| width | 910 m | |
| volume | 1,098,700 m³ | |
| scope | 4 km | |
| Maximum depth | 2.1 m | |
| Middle deep | 1.4 m | |
| Catchment area | 3.56 km² | |
St John's Loch is a freshwater lake in the Scottish Council Area Highland or the traditional county of Caithness . It is located at the neck of the Dunnet Head Peninsula about eleven kilometers east of Thurso, just one kilometer east of the coast of Dunnet Bay .
description
The lake is at a height of 25 meters above sea level. St John's Loch has a length of 1.3 kilometers with a maximum width of 910 meters, resulting in an area of 78 hectares and a circumference of four kilometers. The shallow lake has a volume of 1,098,700 kiloliters . The catchment area of St John's Loch is 356 hectares. The lake has an average depth of 1.4 meters and a maximum depth of 2.1 meters. The small Burn of Dunnet flows off the west bank and drains into Dunnet Bay on the other side of Dunnet .
St John's Loch has a trout population. The local fishing club also operates a trout farm there. The A836 runs along the south bank .