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Loch Ness

Loch Ness is Scotland's largest loch in terms of volume - in fact it contains more water than all the lakes and reservoirs in England and Wales. It is more than 180 metres (600 feet) deep for much of its 37 km/23 mile length and is home to the famous Loch Ness Monster, also known as Nessie.

The Caledonian Canal and River Oich enter the loch at the south west end (at Fort Augustus). At the north east end is another small loch, Dochfour, and from this the canal continues to the Beauly Firth and the River Ness into the Moray Firth.

Despite it's size there is only one island, Cherry Island, on the loch. In fact this is a Crannog which used to be a lot bigger than it currently is. This is due to when the Caledonian Canal was being constructed the level of the loch was raised by eight feet. There was once a small castle on the island.

There are boat trips that take you around the loch. These can be reached from Tomnahurich Bridge on Glenurquhart Road, which is 1.5 miles from Inverness city centre.

Between Loch Ness and the foothills of the Monadhliath Mountains is an area known as Stratherrick.

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