Loch Ascog

Loch Ascog
Location Rothesay, Scotland
Coordinates 55°49′04″N 5°02′41″W / 55.8178°N 5.0448°W / 55.8178; -5.0448Coordinates: 55°49′04″N 5°02′41″W / 55.8178°N 5.0448°W / 55.8178; -5.0448
Type Reservoir
Basin countries Scotland, United Kingdom
Surface area 447,353 m2 (4,815,270 sq ft)
Water volume 1,202,000 m3 (974 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation 34 m (112 ft)

Loch Ascog is a small reservoir on the east coast of the island of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch supplies water to the town of Rothesay[1] and the fishing rights are held by the Isle of Bute Angling Association.[2] Loch Ascog is 44.7 hectares (110 acres) in extent.[3] To the west is the much larger Loch Fad.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Scottish Places
  2. ↑ "Go Fishing". Visit Bute. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register" Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. (pdf) Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 25 August 2012.


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