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Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway

Castle Loch
Castle Loch - geograph.org.uk - 812536
Location Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W / 54.8495; -4.67030Coordinates: 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W / 54.8495; -4.67030
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows several small burns
Primary outflows Castle Loch burn
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Max. width 0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Surface area 92.5 ha (229 acres)
Average depth 6.5 ft (2.0 m)
Max. depth 11 ft (3.4 m)
Water volume 65,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m3)
Shore length1 6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Surface elevation 85 m (279 ft)
Islands 2 islets
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Castle Loch is a large, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies to the west of Mochrum Loch and about 9 mi (14 km) west of the town of Wigtown. The loch has 2 islets.

The loch was surveyed in 1903 by James Murray and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.



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