Loch Tay

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Loch Tay is a large freshwater loch in the central Scottish Highlands, renowned for its scenic beauty, historic crannogs, and role in outdoor recreation such as boating and fishing.

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Label Occurrences
Loch Tay canonical 16
Loch Tay (eastern end vicinity) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater loch
lake
country Scotland
hasArchaeologicalSiteType crannog
hasIsland Eilean MacIntyre
Eilean Tuirc
Eilean Tuirc
surface form: Eilean a’ Chomhraidh

Eilean na Comhairle
Eilean nam Ban-naomh
hasModernReconstruction Scottish Crannog Centre
hasNearbyEstate Taymouth Castle estate
hasNearbyHistoricSite Finlarig Castle
hasNearbyMountain Beinn Ghlas
Ben Lawers
Meall Garbh
Meall Greigh
Meall nan Tarmachan
hasNearbyRoad A827 road NERFINISHED
inflows River Dochart
River Lochay
knownFor boating
fishing
historic crannogs
outdoor recreation
scenic beauty
watersports
length about 23 kilometres
locatedIn Perth and Kinross
Scottish Highlands
central Scotland
maximumDepth about 150 metres
nearSettlement Acharn
Ardeonaig
Ardeonaig
surface form: Ardtalnaig

Fearnan
Kenmore
Killin
Lawers
outflow River Tay
partOf Tayside
surface form: Breadalbane region

River Tay catchment
popularActivity canoeing
kayaking
open-water swimming
sailing
salmon fishing
trout fishing
rankingBySizeInScotland one of the largest freshwater lochs in Scotland
surfaceArea about 26 square kilometres
usedFor hydroelectric power generation

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River Tay source Loch Tay
Perth and Kinross contains Loch Tay
Tayside containsLoch Loch Tay
Perthshire hills contains Loch Tay
Perthshire hills hasViewOf Loch Tay
Aberfeldy hasNearbyFeature Loch Tay
Perthshire North hasLoch Loch Tay
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park contains Loch Tay
this entity surface form: Loch Tay (eastern end vicinity)
Perth and Kinross council area contains Loch Tay
subject surface form: Perth and Kinross
Ben Lawers overlooks Loch Tay
Beinn Ghlas hasViewOf Loch Tay
historic county of Perthshire containsLoch Loch Tay
subject surface form: Perthshire
Meall nan Tarmachan overlooks Loch Tay