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This table includes the ten largest fresh water bodies by area. Lough Neagh is the largest water body in the UK by this measure, although Loch Ness is the largest by volume and contains nearly double the amount of water in all the lakes of England and Wales combined. [1] Loch Morar is the deepest of the UK's lakes and Loch Awe the longest.
At 56 km 2 (22 sq mi), Loch Ness is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond [citation needed], but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume in Great Britain [citation needed]. Its deepest point is 230 metres (126 fathoms; 755 feet), making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch Morar [citation ...
Lough Neagh (/ l ɒ x ˈ n eɪ / lokh NAY; Irish: Loch nEathach [l̪ˠɔx ˈn̠ʲaha(x)]) is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the British Isles. It has a surface area of 148 square miles (383 square kilometres) [4] and is about 19 miles (31 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide.
Colonsay's largest loch Loch Fada Gobha Lewis: 125 310 14 46 This loch, which lies between Lochs Treabhal and Langavat, is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long. [32] Loch Finlaggan: Loch of the white hollow [33] Islay: Eilean Mor was an administration centre of the Lordship of the Isles during the 13th—15th centuries.
The loch was surveyed [1] on 21 August 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted [5] as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.Murray observed that Loch of Harray is a freshwater loch, the largest in all Orkney with an area of approximately 3.75 square miles (9.7 square kilometres) and volume of 951,000,000 cubic feet (0.0269 km 3) and that it is somewhat ...
The eastern end of the loch, from the south. On the top right is Cormorant Island. Linlithgow Palace from Linlithgow Loch looking east. Linlithgow Loch lies immediately north of the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. 1.3 kilometres in length and 0.4 in breadth, [1] its area of 41 hectares [2] makes it the largest natural freshwater loch in Lothian. [3]
The loch contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles. [9] It is a popular leisure destination, and is surrounded by hills, [ 10 ] including Ben Lomond on the eastern shore, which is 974 metres (3,196 ft) in height, [ 11 ] and the most southerly of the Scottish Munro peaks.
St Mary's Loch near Selkirk from the west bank Loch of the Lowes from the Bridge to Tibbie Shiels. St Mary's Loch is the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders, and is situated on the south side of the A708 road between Selkirk and Moffat, about 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of Edinburgh.