Loch Calder
Loch Calder is a lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 5 mi south west of Thurso in the Scottish Highlands. The loch is large with an irregular shape and has perimeter of 12.8 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halkirk and Burnside.
Halkirk
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halkirk is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east. Halkirk is situated 3½ miles east of Loch Calder.
Burnside
Quarter
Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at grid reference ND106691. Burnside is situated 6 miles north of Loch Calder.
Thurso
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thurso is a town in Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 7390 in 2020. The name probably refers to the deity Thor, and this area was Norse until the 13th century.
Loch Calder
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows north to Alltan Ghuinne
- Category: lake
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.51846° or 58° 31′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.59349° or 3° 35′ 37″ westElevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
9CCRGC94+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 133203463OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Loch Calder” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Loch Calder”
- Cebuano: “Loch Calder”
- German: “Loch Calder”
- Swedish: “Loch Calder”
Localities in the Area
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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 Calder”. Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.