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.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of around 30 feet (10 metres)
- …is also known as “Loch Coiruisk”
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to the Scavaig River
Nearby Peaks
Discover Sgùrr Alasdair and Sgùrr Dubh Mòr.
Sgùrr Alasdair
Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest peak of the…
2 miles west of Loch Coruisk
Sgùrr Dubh Mòr
Sgùrr Dubh Mòr is a 944-metre mountain, a Munro…
1½ miles west of Loch Coruisk
Sgùrr MhicChoinnich
Sgùrr MhicChoinnich is a mountain on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
2 miles west of Loch Coruisk
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camasunary and Kirkibost.
Camasunary
Camasunary is a bay on the Strathaird peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
2 miles southeast of Loch Coruisk
Kilmarie
Kilmarie or Kilmaree, is a village in the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
4½ miles east of Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk
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Latitude
57.20566° or 57° 12′ 20″ north
Longitude
-6.16745° or 6° 10′ 3″ west
Open location code
9C9M6R4M+72
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Coruisk” goes by many names.
Loch CoruiskCebuano
Loch CoruiskHausa
Loch Coir‘ UisgeIrish
Loch CoruiskNorwegian Nynorsk
Loch Coir‘ UisgeScottish Gaelic
Loch CoruiskSwedish
Localities in the Area
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