Loch Eye
Loch Eye is a shallow freshwater loch, located close to the east coast of Scotland between the Moray Firth, Dornoch Firth and Cromarty Firth. Covering an area of 205 hectares, it is an important site for waterfowl and has been protected since 1986 as a Ramsar Site, a Special Protection Area and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fearn railway station.
Fearn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rob Purvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland, located around 1.3 miles from the village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hill of Fearn and Fearn.
Hill of Fearn
Village
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hill of Fearn is a small village near Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Fearn
Village
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fearn is a hamlet, situated 1 mile south of Loch Eye and 2 miles northwest of Balintore, in eastern Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Inver
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inver is a small village located on the south east shore of the Inver Bay at the point where the bay opens out into the Dornoch Firth and is in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Loch Eye
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via The Canal to Nigg Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.7913° or 57° 47′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.96634° or 3° 57′ 59″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9C9RQ2RM+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 104250728OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2649787Wikidata ID
Q24646064
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Eye” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Eye”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوتش اى”
- German: “Loch Eye”
- Swedish: “Loch Eye”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loch Eye”. Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.