Mochrum Loch

Mochrum Loch is a lairge, unraiglar shapen, shallae, freshwatter loch in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It lies aboot 8 mile wast o the toun o Wigtoun.^[1] The loch haes several rocky islets.

Mochrum loch
Location	Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland
Coordinates	54.842300°N 4.649300°W / 54.842300; -4.649300
Teep	freshwatter loch
Primary inflows	Castle Loch burn
Primar ootflows	Watter o Malzie
Basin kintras	Scotland
Max. lenth	1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1]
Max. weenth	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[1]
92 ha (230 acre)[2]
Average deepth	7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. deepth	13 ft (4.0 m)[1]
68,000,000 cu ft (1,900,000 m3)[1]
Shore lenth1	10.2 km (6.3 mi)[2]
Surface elevation	75 m (246 ft)[2]
Islands	8 islets[2]
1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur.

Vizzie

The loch wis vizzied^[1] in 1903 bi James Murray an later chairtit^[3] as pairt o John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Frest-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

1. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
2. "Mochrum loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. "Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.