Loch Ness

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freshwater loch lake natural body of water

Loch Ness is a large, deep freshwater lake in the Scottish Highlands, world-famous for the legendary Loch Ness Monster said to inhabit its waters.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Loch Ness tourist route	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freshwater loch ⓘ lake ⓘ natural body of water ⓘ
climateRegion	temperate maritime ⓘ
connectedTo	Loch Dochfour ⓘ Loch Oich ⓘ River Ness ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
hasFeature	deep trench-like basin ⓘ narrow shape ⓘ steep surrounding hills ⓘ
hasIsland	Cherry Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Dog Island ⓘ
hasLegend	Loch Ness Monster ⓘ
inflow	Caledonian Canal ⓘ River Oich ⓘ
knownFor	Loch Ness Monster legend ⓘ scenic landscapes ⓘ tourism ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
length	approximately 36 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Glen ⓘ Highland council area ⓘ Inverness-shire ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ
locatedNear	Drumnadrochit ⓘ Fort Augustus ⓘ Inverness ⓘ
maximumDepth	approximately 230 metres ⓘ
mythology	Scottish folklore ⓘ
nearbyCity	Inverness ⓘ
nearbyRoad	A82 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation	southwest–northeast ⓘ
outflow	River Ness ⓘ
partOf	Caledonian Canal ⓘ surface form: Caledonian Canal system Great Glen Fault ⓘ
region	Scottish Highlands ⓘ surface form: Northern Scotland
ScottishGaelicName	Loch Dochfour ⓘ surface form: Loch Nis
surfaceArea	approximately 56 square kilometres ⓘ
surfaceElevation	approximately 16 metres above sea level ⓘ
touristAttraction	Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition ⓘ Urquhart Castle ⓘ
usedFor	boating ⓘ cruise tourism ⓘ fishing ⓘ
volumeRankInGreatBritain	largest by volume ⓘ
waterColor	peat-stained ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Glen Fault → associatedFeature → Loch Ness ⓘ

Great Glen → contains → Loch Ness ⓘ

Highland council area → contains → Loch Ness ⓘ

Scottish Highlands → contains → Loch Ness ⓘ

Great Glen Fault → crosses → Loch Ness ⓘ

Scotland → famousLoch → Loch Ness ⓘ

Great Glen Fault → follows → Loch Ness ⓘ

Scottish mainland → hasFeature → Loch Ness ⓘ

Urquhart Castle → hasViewOf → Loch Ness ⓘ

Urquhart Castle → locatedOn → Loch Ness ⓘ

Inverness → near → Loch Ness ⓘ

Urquhart Castle → overlooks → Loch Ness ⓘ

Urquhart Castle → partOf → Loch Ness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loch Ness tourist route