Loch Coruisk

Loch Coruisk is an inland fresh-water loch, lying at the foot of the Black Cuillin in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands. Loch Coruisk is reputed to be the home of a kelpie or water horse, a shape-shifting creature that can assume human form.

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Type: Lake
Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to the Scavaig River
Also known as: “Loch Coiruisk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sgùrr Alasdair and Sgùrr Dubh Mòr.

Sgùrr Alasdair

Peak

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Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest peak of the Black Cuillin, and the highest peak on the Isle of Skye and in the Inner Hebrides, and indeed in all the Scottish islands, at 992 m. Sgùrr Alasdair is situated 2 miles west of Loch Coruisk.

Sgùrr Dubh Mòr

Peak

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Sgùrr Dubh Mòr is a 944-metre mountain, a Munro, in the Cuillin range on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is slightly to the east of the main Cuillin ridge at the highest point of the Dubh ridge which extends eastwards to Loch Coruisk. Sgùrr Dubh Mòr is situated 1½ miles west of Loch Coruisk.

Sgùrr MhicChoinnich

Peak

Photo: Carol Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sgùrr MhicChoinnich is a mountain on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is in the Black Cuillin range of mountains and is classified as a Munro. Like all the other Black Cuillin mountains it is made predominantly of gabbro rock and has little vegetation. Sgùrr MhicChoinnich is situated 2 miles west of Loch Coruisk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camasunary and Kirkibost.

Camasunary

Locality

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Camasunary is a bay on the Strathaird peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Camasunary is the Scots form of the Gaelic name Camas Fhionnairigh, and means "Bay of the White Shieling". The township has about 10 ruined houses. Camasunary is situated 2 miles southeast of Loch Coruisk.

Kirkibost

Hamlet

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Kirkibost is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ miles east of Loch Coruisk.

Kilmarie

Hamlet

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Kilmarie or Kilmaree, is a village in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Its most notable feature is the village church and graveyard. The graveyard has a significant number of tombstones from highland clans, in particular Clan MacKinnon. Kilmarie is situated 4½ miles east of Loch Coruisk.

Loch Coruisk

Category: body of water
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.20566° or 57° 12′ 20″ north

Longitude

-6.16745° or 6° 10′ 3″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

9C9M6R4M+72

GeoNames ID

2652307

Wikidata ID

Q958388

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Coruisk” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Loch Coruisk”
French: “loch Coruisk”
French: “Loch Coruisk”
German: “Loch Coruisk”
Hausa: “Loch Coruisk”
Irish: “Loch Coir‘ Uisge”
Irish: “Loch Coir’ Uisge”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Coruisk”
Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Coir‘ Uisge”
Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Coir’ Uisge”
Swedish: “Loch Coruisk”

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