Loch Snizort

Sea Loch in Hebrides, Scotland
Groome, Francis H (1885). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography. Vol. 6. Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

Loch Snizort (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Snìosort) 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]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Loch Snizort". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Mathew (2007). "Highland Fishing". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

External links

  • Media related to Loch Snizort at Wikimedia Commons

57°34′N 6°28′W / 57.567°N 6.467°W / 57.567; -6.467


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