Loch Cuaich
Loch Cuaich or Loch Quoich is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40 km northwest of Fort William in Lochaber. The name means "loch of the quaich" in Scottish Gaelic.Photo: Pip Rolls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to the River Garry
- Also known as: “Loch Qulach” and “Loch Quoich”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gairich.
Gairich
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gairich, sometimes Sgurr Gairoch, is a mountain in Lochaber in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is on the southern side of Loch Quoich, with Glen Garry to the east and Glen Kingie to the south, 25 kilometres north-northwest of Fort William. Gairich is situated 2 miles southeast of Loch Cuaich.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meall an Spàrdain and Kinloch Hourn.
Meall an Spàrdain
Locality
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meall an Spàrdain is a locality, which is situated 4½ miles west of Loch Cuaich.
Kinloch Hourn
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Tinley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloch Hourn is a small settlement at the end of Loch Hourn, in the West Highlands of Scotland. The name comes from the Gaelic, Ceann Loch Shubhairne, for "the head of Loch Hourn". Kinloch Hourn is situated 4½ miles northwest of Loch Cuaich.
Loch Cuaich
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Cuaich” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Quoich”
- Chinese: “科伊赫湖”
- Czech: “Loch Quoich”
- French: “loch Quoich”
- French: “Loch Quoich”
- German: “Loch Quoich”
- Irish: “Loch Cuaich”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Quoich”
- Polish: “Loch Quoich”
- Scots: “Loch Quoich”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Cuaich”
- Slovak: “Loch Quoich”
- Slovenian: “Loch Quoich”
- Swedish: “Loch Quoich”
- “Loch Cuaich”
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