Loch Doon
Loch Doon is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland. It is considered relatively oligotrophic. The River Doon issues from its northern end, while the loch itself receives waters from Gala Lane and Loch Enoch via Eglin Lane.Photo: Brian Joyce, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, outflows to the River Doon
- Also known as: “Loch Dùin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carsphairn and Dalmellington.
Carsphairn
Village
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carsphairn is a village in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located about halfway between Dalmellington and St John's Town of Dalry, on the A713 road. Carsphairn is situated 5 miles southeast of Loch Doon.
Dalmellington
Town
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dalmellington is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001, the town had a population of 1,407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of Scotland from the Central Lowlands. Dalmellington is situated 5 miles north of Loch Doon.
Loch Doon
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Loch Doon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Doon aintzira”
- Breton: “Loch Dùin”
- Cebuano: “Loch Doon”
- Chuvash: “Лох-Дун”
- Cornish: “Loch Dùin”
- Dutch: “Loch Doon”
- French: “loch Doon”
- French: “Loch Doon”
- German: “Loch Doon”
- Irish: “Loch Dhúin”
- Irish: “Loch Dùin”
- Latin: “Loch Dùin”
- Manx: “Loch Dùin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Doon”
- Russian: “Лох-Дун”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Dùin”
- Slovenian: “Loch Doon”
- Swedish: “Loch Doon”
- Welsh: “Loch Dùin”
- “Loch Dùin”
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