Loch Stack

Loch Stack
Loch Stack
Loch Stack
Location	Sutherland, Scotland
Coordinates	58°20′12″N 4°55′28″W / 58.336700°N 4.924500°W / 58.336700; -4.9245001
Type	Freshwater loch
Primary inflows	An Earachd2
Primary outflows	River Laxford 2
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	4 km (2.5 mi)2
Surface area	252.1 ha (623 acres)1
Average depth	26 m (85 ft)2
Max. depth	33 m (108 ft)2
Water volume	28,000,000 m3 (988,000,000 ft3)2
Shore length1	16.6 km (10.3 mi)1
Surface elevation	46 m (151 ft)1
Islands	11
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Stack is a large, irregularly shaped freshwater loch in the Northwest of Scotland. It lies approximately four miles (six kilometres) southeast of Laxford Bridge and is surrounded by mountains. Ben Stack rises steeply from the loch's southwestern shore and Arkle lies directly to the north. The outflow from Loch More, which is about 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) south of Loch Stack, is carried (via Loch nan Ealachan) by the small river An Earachd into Loch Stack.

The loch was surveyed² between 6 and 8 September 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Murray and later charted³ as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.