Loch Ness

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Loch Ness ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis

Loch Ness is Scotland's second largest lake by surface area at 56 km ² (22 mÃ‚Â²) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, this is the largest volume in the British Isles. The deepest point is 230 m (126 fathom, 755 ft), making it the second deepest lake in Scotland after Loch Morar. The 2016 survey claims to have found a gap that drives a depth of up to 271 m (889 ft) but further research establishes it as a sonar anomaly. It contains more fresh water than all lakes in England and Wales combined, and is the largest body of water in Great Glen, stretching from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south.

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Villages and places

In Drumnadrochit is the "Loch Ness Center and Exhibition" that examines the natural history and legends of Loch Ness. Cruise ships operate from various locations on the loch beach, giving visitors the opportunity to search for "monsters".

Urquhart Castle is located on the west coast, 2 km (1.2 miles) east of Drumnadrochit.

The lighthouse is located in Lochend (Bona Lighthouse) and Fort Augustus.

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Monster

Loch Ness is known as the home of the Loch Ness Monster (also known as "Nessie"), cryptid, it is said to be an unknown large animal. This is similar to other lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, although the description varies from one account to the next. Popular interests and beliefs about the existence of these animals vary from the first time brought to the attention of the world in 1933.

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Lifeboat

There is an RNLI lifeboat station in Loch Ness, which has been in operation since 2008. The ship is manned by a volunteer crew with a ground lifeboat (ILB).

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Fish species

The following fish species are from Loch Ness. A number of other people like tengger and roach have been introduced in Loch or Caledonian Canal with varying degrees of success.

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Island

Loch Ness has one island, Cherry Island, on the southwestern tip of the lake, near Fort Augustus. This is an artificial island, known as crannog, and probably built during the Iron Age.

Previously there was a second island (Dog Island) that sank when the water level was raised during the construction of the Caledonian Canal.

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Hydroelectric

Loch Ness serves as a lower storage reservoir for the Foyers pumped hydroelectric scheme, which is the first of its kind in the UK. Turbines were originally used to provide electricity for nearby aluminum smelting plants, but now electricity is generated and supplied to the National Network. Another scheme, the 100 megawatt Glendoe Hydro Scheme near Fort Augustus, began generation in June 2009. It was out of service between 2009 and 2012 for tunnel repairs that connect the reservoir to the turbine.

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Geology

Loch Ness is located along the Great Glen Fault, which forms a line of weakness in rocks that have been dug by glacial erosion, forming Great Glen and Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness basins.

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Loch Ness note

John Cobb died in an attempt to record the speed of water when his Crusader ship crashed into an unexplained wake on the loch surface in 1952. His accident was recorded by a BBC correspondent on the site at the time. Nearby, there is a warning for him founded by the people of Glenurquhart.

On August 31, 1974, David Scott Munro, of Ross-shire Caberfeidh Water Ski Club, became the first person in the world to water ski (mono ski) along Loch Ness. From Lochend to Fort Augustus and back, he traveled 77 km (48 miles) in 77 minutes with an average speed of 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph).

In July 1966, Brenda Sherratt became the first person to swim along the lake. It takes 31 hours and 27 minutes.