Loch Coulin
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| Loch Coulin | |
|---|---|
 River Coulin entering Loch Coulin with the mountain massif and Sgurr Dubh in the foreground | |
  Loch Coulin Location in Wester Ross | |
| Location | NH01405535 |
| Coordinates | 57°32′38″N 5°19′09″W / 57.543941°N 5.319084°W |
| Type | freshwater loch |
| Primary inflows | River Coulin |
| Basin countries | Scotland |
| Max. length | 0.55 km (0.34 mi)[1] |
| Max. width | 0.9 km (0.56 mi)[1] |
| Surface area | 36 ha (89 acres)[2] |
| Average depth | 18.3 ft (5.6 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 48.8 ft (14.9 m)[1] |
| Water volume | 70,361,436.38 cu ft (1,992,414.000 m3)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 4 km (2.5 mi) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 96 m (315 ft)[2] |
| Max. temperature | 57 °F (14 °C) |
| Min. temperature | 53 °F (12 °C) at 40 feet[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Loch Coulin is a small remote shallow low-altitude freshwater lochan, located within the Coulin Forest, some four miles to the south-west of Kinlochewe in Wester Ross.[1][2] It is fed by the river Coulin from the south and its outflow is into Loch Clair in the north-west. Loch Coulin is within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve.[3][4]
Loch Coulin is in small irregular shaped loch that opens to north-east facing channel that is some 200 metres wide, that progressively reduces in width, before finally becoming a small river before it meets Loch Clair. The River Coulin is the primary inflow to the loch at the south-east end of the loch along with Allt na Fèithe Buildhe. To the north-east is bounded to the north by a mountain massif in the Torridon area that contains the highest peak of Beinn Eighe, that is within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve.[5][6] To the west of the loch is Sugrr Dubh at 782 metres. To the south is a continuation of the mountainous Coulin Forest, with Meall an Leathaid Mhòir at an altitude of 512 metres. To the south is a continuation of the mountainous Coulin Forest, with Meall an Leathaid Mhòir at altitude 512 metres and a series of small hills forming a ridge in an east to west direction. To the east is a boggy flat plain.
