Loch Osgaig
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LocationNC04461204
Coordinates58°03′15″N 5°18′56″W / 58.05419°N 5.3155°W
Typefreshwater loch
Primary inflowsAbhainn Osgaig
| Loch Osgaig | |
|---|---|
 The top pool of the River Osgaig below Loch Bad a' Ghaill | |
  Loch Osgaig Location in Wester Ross | |
| Location | NC04461204 |
| Coordinates | 58°03′15″N 5°18′56″W / 58.05419°N 5.3155°W |
| Type | freshwater loch |
| Primary inflows | Abhainn Osgaig |
| Primary outflows | Unnamed burn into Garvie Bay |
| Max. length | 2.4 km (1.5 mi)[1] |
| Max. width | 1.2 km (0.75 mi)[1] |
| Surface area | 168 ha (420 acres)[2] |
| Average depth | 47 ft (14 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 153 ft (47 m)[1] |
| Water volume | 846,990,604.059 cu ft (23,984,103.0000 m3)[2] |
| Shore length1 | 7 km (4.3 mi) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 26 m (85 ft)[2] |
| Max. temperature | 54.8 °F (12.7 °C) |
| Min. temperature | 50.8 °F (10.4 °C) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Loch Osgaig (Loch Owskeich) is a small remote and deep freshwater loch, orientated on north-west to south-east axis, that is located 1 miles south of Enard Bay and 2 mile northeast of Achiltibuie[3] and immediately north west of Loch Bad a' Ghaill.[1] It is located in the Coigach peninsula[4] in Lochbroom, Wester Ross.[1][2]
