List of lochs of Scotland

Hole ( pronunciation: [ lɔx ], with a throaty " ch ") is the Scottish Gaelic word for a lake, a bay or a fjord (English Firth ). The word comes from the Old Irish loch, reconstructed Indo-European root * laku would, as in Latin lacus, Eng. lake.

In Scotland, the most water areas are called hole. This is true of all kinds of non-flowing waters, regardless of whether it is natural lakes, reservoirs, or estuaries. Smaller lakes are rarely sometimes also referred to as Lochan, as Lochie; again, there are a few larger lakes, which are called despite their expansion Lochan. One definition, at what size a lake is like to refer to does not exist.

The following list outlines the most important non-flowing waters in Scotland - including those relatively rare exceptions whose names do not contain the term hole or a derived form.

Freshwater hole

Overview of the largest freshwater hole according to various criteria

Alphabetical Overview of freshwater hole

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

B

I; J; K

L

M

N

O; P; Q

R

S

T

U; V; W

X; Y; Z

Alphabetical Overview of the salt water hole

Former hole

In Edinburgh Gogarloch - drained
Nor hole - filled
The Meadows

Loch Ness Loch Morar Loch Tay Loch Awe Loch Maree Loch Lochy Loch Rannoch Loch Shiel Loch Katrine Loch Arkaig Aberdeenshire Loch Achray Argyll and Bute East Dunbartonshire Loch Ard Dumfries and Galloway Loch Assynt Angus Birnie Loch Fife Black Loch Loch Chon Clatteringshaws Loch Loch Cluanie Loch Coruisk Loch Doon East Ayrshire Loch Drunkie Dunalastair Water Loch Earn Loch Eck Loch an Eilein Loch Enoch Loch Garry Clackmannanshire Glasgow Loch Insh Loch Leven (Kinross) Lochindorb Lochinver Loch Loyal Loch Lubnaig Lake of Menteith Loch Mullardoch Loch Oich Rubislaw Quarry Loch Shin Lochs of Spiggie and Brow Loch Tummel Loch Voil Campbeltown Loch Loch Duich Loch Eriboll Loch Etive Loch Ewe Loch Fyne Loch Gruinart Holy Loch Loch Hourn Loch Indaal Loch Leven (Highlands) Loch Linnhe Loch Long Loch Long (Highlands) Loch Ruel Loch Striven

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