Loch Stack

Loch Stack
Loch Stack
Loch Stack
Location Sutherland, Scotland
Coordinates 58°20′12″N 4°55′28″W / 58.336700°N 4.924500°W / 58.336700; -4.924500[1]
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows An Earachd[2]
Primary outflows River Laxford [2]
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 2.5 mi (4.0 km)[2]
Surface area 252.1 ha (623 acres)[1]
Average depth 86 ft (26 m)[2]
Max. depth 108 ft (33 m)[2]
Water volume 988,000,000 cu ft (28,000,000 m3)[2]
Shore length1 16.6 km (10.3 mi)[1]
Surface elevation 46 m (151 ft)[1]
Islands 1[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Stack is a large, irregular shaped freshwater loch in the Northwest of Scotland. It lies approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) southeast of Laxford Bridge and is surrounded by mountains. Ben Stack rises steeply from the loch's southwestern shore and Arkle lies directly to the north.

Survey

The loch was surveyed[2] between the 6 and 8 September 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Murray and later charted [3] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Loch Stack". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Laxford Basin". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Loch Stack (Laxford Basin) (Vol. 5, Plate 9) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2015.


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