Loch Ericht
Loch Ericht is a freshwater loch on the border between the former Perthshire, now Perth and Kinross and the former Inverness-shire, now Highlands Council areas of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pip Rolls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinn Udlamain and Sgairneach Mhòr.
Beinn Udlamain
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beinn Udlamain is a Scottish mountain which stands just to the west of the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and east of Loch Ericht, some 30 km west-northwest of the village of Blair Atholl.
Sgairneach Mhòr
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sgairneach Mhòr is a Scottish mountain which lies in a group of seven Munros near the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and are known as the Drumochter mountains or informerly as the “A9 Munros”. Sgairneach Mhòr is situated 2½ miles east of Loch Ericht.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pass of Drumochter.
Pass of Drumochter
Locality
Photo: Samoht2188, Public domain.
The Pass of Drumochter meaning simply 'high ridge' is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland. Pass of Drumochter is situated 4½ miles northeast of Loch Ericht.
Loch Ericht
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Perth and Kinross, and Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to River Ericht
- Categories: lake and reservoir
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.83038° or 56° 49′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.36292° or 4° 21′ 47″ westElevation
1,175 feet (358 metres)Open location code
9C8QRJJP+5ROpenStreetMap ID
way 4742107OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Loch Ericht” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ericht aintzira”
- Breton: “Loch Eireachd”
- Cebuano: “Loch Ericht”
- Chinese: “埃爾赫特湖”
- Chuvash: “Лох-Эрикт”
- Czech: “Loch Ericht”
- Dutch: “Loch Ericht”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوتش اريتشت”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لوخ اريتشت”
- French: “loch Ericht”
- French: “Loch Ericht”
- German: “Loch Eireachd”
- German: “Loch Ericht”
- Irish: “Loch Eireachd”
- Italian: “Loch Ericht”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Eireachd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Ericht”
- Polish: “Loch Ericht”
- Russian: “Лох-Эрикт”
- Russian: “Лох-Эрихт”
- Russian: “озеро Эрихт”
- Scots: “Loch Ericht”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Eireachd”
- Spanish: “Loch Ericht”
- Swedish: “Loch Ericht”
- Venetian: “Loch Ericht”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch Ericht Hydro Scheme and Beinn Bheoil.
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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 Ericht”. Photo: Pip Rolls, CC BY-SA 2.0.