Loch Monar
Loch Monar is a freshwater loch situated at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, in the West Highlands of Scotland. Since the 1960s, it has been dammed as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme.
Loch Monar
- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake expanded in 1963 as a reservoir, in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Garbh-uisge to the River Farrar
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.41667° or 57° 25′ north
Longitude
-5.1° or 5° 6′ west
Elevation
728 feet (222 metres)
Open location code
9C9PCW82+M2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Monar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Monar”
- French: “loch Monar”
- French: “Loch Monar”
- German: “Loch Monar”
- Hausa: “Loch Monar”
- Irish: “Loch Monar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Monar”
- Swedish: “Loch Monar”
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