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| Loch Linnhe | |
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| An Linne Sheileach (Scottish Gaelic) | |
 Loch Linnhe | |
| Location | Highland, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°42′05″N5°15′43″W / 56.70139°N 5.26194°W /56.70139; -5.26194 |
| Type | Sea Loch |
| Frozen | No |
Loch Linnhe (/lɒxˈlɪni/ ⓘlokhLIN-ee) is asea loch in theHighland Council area, in the west of Scotland. The part upstream ofCorran is known inGaelic asAn Linne Dhubh (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream asAn Linne Sheileach (the salty pool). The nameLinnhe is derived from the Gaelic wordlinne, meaning "pool".[1]
Loch Linnhe follows the line of theGreat Glen Fault, and is the only sea loch along the fault.[2] About 35 kilometres (20 miles) long, it opens onto theFirth of Lorne at its southwestern end.[3] The part of the loch upstream of Corran is 15 km (9 mi) long and an average of about 2 km (1 mi) wide. The southern part of the loch is wider, and its branch southeast of the island ofLismore is known as theLynn of Lorne.
Loch Eil feeds into Loch Linnhe at the latter's northernmost point, while from the eastLoch Leven feeds in the loch just downstream of Corran andLoch Creran feeds into the Lynn of Lorne. The town ofFort William lies at the northeast end of the loch, at the mouth of theRiver Lochy.
According to theBard Fr.Allan MacDonald, an important figure inScottish Gaelic literature, Loch Linnhe was said in localScottish folklore to be the home of aneach-uisge, or "water horse", whose back could accommodate all the children who wished to ride him. But when they did, the water-horse would gallop off into the nearest lake to drown and eat the children on his back. Fr. Allan MacDonald later recalled that during his childhood in nearby Fort William, "Many's the horse I wouldn't get on as a child for fear it would be theeach-uisge."[4]
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