Loch Frisa

Loch Frisa (Gaelic: Loch Friosa) is a loch on the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.[2][3] It falls within the Argyll and Bute unitary authority area.[4] The loch runs largely northwest to southeast. Its northwestern end is about halfway between Tobermory and Dervaig. It is the largest loch on the Isle of Mull.[5]

Loch Frisa
Loch Frisa is located in Scotland
Loch Frisa
Loch Frisa
LocationIsle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Coordinates56.562439°N 6.097124°W / 56.562439; -6.097124
Typelake
Native nameLoch Friosa (Irish)
Surface area438 ha (1,080 acres)
Average depth23.3 m (76 ft)
Max. depth62.5 m (205 ft)
Surface elevation76 m (249 ft)
References[1]

Loch Frisa is considered to be low-altitude, medium-alkalinity and generally deep.[1] It is known for eagle watching.[6][7]

The ship HMS Widemouth Bay was for some time named after Loch Frisa,[8][9] and Caledonian Maritime Assets purchased a ferry in 2021 that they named MV Loch Frisa.

References
  1. "Details about a UK lake". eip.ceh.ac.uk.
  2. "Loch Frisa (Vol. 5, Plate 67) - Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909". maps.nls.uk.
  3. "Loch Frisa". Loch Frisa.
  4. "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside.
  5. Murray and Pullar (1910) "Lochs of Mull" Page 174, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. "Loch Frisa - Forestry and Land Scotland". forestryandland.gov.scot.
  7. "Loch Frisa (Mull)". www.knowledge.me.uk.
  8. Mason, Geoffrey B. (1998). Smith, Gordon (ed.). "HMS Widemouth Bay, frigate". naval-history.net. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  9. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (28 February 2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. Casemate / Greenhill. ISBN 9781612000275 – via Google Books.
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