Loch Snizort
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| Location | Isle of Skye, Hebrides, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°34′N 6°28′W / 57.567°N 6.467°W |
| Lake type | Sea Loch |
| Primary inflows | River Snizort |
| Primary outflows | The Lower Minch |
| Max. width | 8 miles (13 km) |
| Islands | Ascrib Islands |
| Settlements | Bernisdale |
| References | Groome, Francis H (1885). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography. 6. Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works. http://books.google.com/books?id=eg9KAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN185506572X#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 8 October 2010. |
Loch Snizort is a sea loch in the northwest of the Isle of Skye between the Waternish and Trotternish peninsulas. It is fed by the River Snizort, originating in the hills east of Bracadale.[1] The mouth of Loch Snizort gives access to the lower Minch and contains the Ascrib Islands.
Sea fishing in Loch Snizort yields mackerel, pollock, and ling.[2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Loch Snizort". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4133.html. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
- ^ Bradshaw, Mathew (2007). "Highland Fishing". http://www.skyeholidaycottage.co.uk/Highlandfishing.htm. Retrieved 04 July 2011.
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Coordinates: 57°34′N 6°28′W / 57.567°N 6.467°W
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