Loch Earn
Loch Earn (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Eire/Loch Éireann) is a freshwater loch in the southern highlands of Scotland, in the districts of Perth and Kinross and Stirling.
| Loch Earn | |
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Loch Earn | |
| Location | Perth and Kinross, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.3873°N 4.2025°W |
| Type | Freshwater loch |
| Primary outflows | River Earn |
| Max. length | 10.46 km (6.50 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.965 km (0.600 mi) |
| Surface area | 946.7 ha (2,339 acres) |
| Average depth | 138 ft (42 m) |
| Max. depth | 287 ft (87 m) |
| Shore length1 | 22.7 km (14.1 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Islands | Neish Island |
| Settlements | Lochearnhead St Fillans |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The name is thought to mean "Loch of Ireland", and it has been suggested that this might derive from the time when the Gaels were expanding their kingdom of Dál Riata eastwards into Pictland.
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