Loch Quoich
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| Loch Quoich | |
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| File:Loch Quoich.jpg
Looking south west to Sgurr Mòr in the distance
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| Location | Lochaber, Scotland |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Type | reservoir, loch |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Loch Quoich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Chuaich) is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40k m northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The name means "loch of the cup/quaich".
Both lochs form part of the Glen Garry hydroelectricity project commissioned by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board in the 1950s.
The scheme was completed in 1962.
File:LochQuoich From Sgurr a Mhaoraich.jpg
LochQuoich From Sgurr a' Mhaoraich
File:Looking west along Loch Quoich.JPG
Loch Quoich From the roadside, looking west
