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| Loch Ness | |
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 With Urquhart Castle in the foreground | |
  Loch Ness | |
| Location | Scottish Highlands |
| Coordinates | 57°18′N 4°27′W / 57.300°N 4.450°W |
| Type | freshwater loch, oligotrophic, dimictic[1] |
| Primary inflows | River Oich/Caledonian Canal, River Moriston, River Foyers, River Enrick, River Coiltie |
| Primary outflows | River Ness/Caledonian Canal |
| Catchment area | 1,770 km2 (685 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Scotland |
| Max. length | 36.2 km (22.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) |
| Surface area | 56 km2 (21.8 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Max. depth | 226.96 m (124.10 fathoms; 744.6 ft) |
| Water volume | 7.5 km3 (1.8 cu mi) |
| Surface elevation | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
| Islands | 1 (Cherry Island) |
| Settlements | Fort Augustus, Invermoriston, Drumnadrochit, Abriachan, Lochend; Whitebridge, Foyers, Inverfarigaig, Dores. |
Loch Ness is a loch in the Scottish Highlands. It is also on the Great Glen Fault and part of the Caledonian Canal.