Loch Shiel
Loch Shiel is a deep freshwater loch situated 20 kilometres west of Fort William in Lochaber, Scotland. At 28 kilometres long it is the 4th longest loch in Scotland, and is the longest to have retained a natural outflow without any regulation of its water level, being 120 m deep.
- Lake
- …lies at an elevation of 308 feet (94 metres)
- …is also known as “Loch Seile”
- Description: freshwater loch in Ardnamurchan, West Highlands of Scotland, UK, outflows to the River Shiel
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Doilet.
Loch Doilet
Lake
Loch Doilet is a small remote freshwater loch that… Loch Doilet is situated 2½ miles south of Loch Shiel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardnamurchan.
Loch Shiel
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
56.78333° or 56° 47′ north
Longitude
-5.58333° or 5° 35′ west
Open location code
9C8PQCM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Loch Shiel” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shiel aintzira”
- Breton: “Loch Seile”
- Cebuano: “Loch Shiel”
- Chinese: “希爾湖”
- Chuvash: “Лох-Шил”
- Cornish: “Loch Seile”
- Czech: “Loch Seile”
- Czech: “Loch Shiel”
- Dutch: “Loch Shiel”
- French: “Loch Seile”
- French: “Loch Sheil”
- French: “loch Shiel”
- French: “Loch Shiel”
- German: “Loch Shiel”
- Hausa: “Loch Shiel”
- Irish: “Loch Seile”
- Italian: “Loch Shiel”
- Japanese: “シール湖”
- Japanese: “シエイ湖”
- Manx: “Loch Seile”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Shiel”
- Persian: “دریاچه شیل”
- Polish: “Loch Shiel”
- Russian: “Лох-Шил”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Seile”
- Spanish: “Lago Shiel”
- Swedish: “Loch Shiel”
- Ukrainian: “Лох-Шил”
- Venetian: “Loch Shiel”
- Welsh: “Loch Seile”
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