Lochan Dubh
Lochan Dubh is in Highland Council, Scotland. Lochan Dubh is situated nearby to the peak Craigellachie, as well as near Creag na h-Iolaire.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Craigellachie National Nature Reserve and Aviemore railway station.
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
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Craigellachie is a hill lying to the west of the village of Aviemore in Strathspey, in the central Highlands of Scotland. Craigellachie was declared a national nature reserve in 1961, and is managed by NatureScot through a lease from Reidhaven Estate.
Aviemore railway station
Railway station
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Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail, is on the Highland Main Line, 83 miles 31 chains from Perth, between Kingussie and Carrbridge, and is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey preserved railway. Aviemore railway station is situated 1 mile east of Lochan Dubh.
Loch Alvie
Lake
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Loch Alvie is a loch located north of the River Spey, in the civil parish of Alvie, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The loch is about two miles southwest of Aviemore. HMS Loch Alvie, launched in 1944, is named after the loch. Loch Alvie is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lochan Dubh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aviemore and Inverdruie.
Aviemore
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aviemore is a town in the Spey Valley of Highland Scotland. It's the main base for skiing and other outdoor activities in Cairngorms National Park. It's the largest of a straggle of villages including Rothiemurcus and Coylumbridge, also described here, and in 2020 had a population of 3230.
Inverdruie
Hamlet
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Inverdruie is a small rural hamlet, that lies 2 miles southeast of Aviemore, in the strath of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Inverdruie is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lochan Dubh.
Alvie
Hamlet
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alvie is a small crofting hamlet, a working Scottish highland estate and civil parish, located on the south shore of Loch Alvie in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, within the Scottish council area of Highland. Alvie is situated 2 miles southwest of Lochan Dubh.
Lochan Dubh
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.18564° or 57° 11′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.85592° or 3° 51′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C9R54PV+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 115914846OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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