# Loch Inver

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'''Loch Inver''' is a {{convert|3.62|km|nmi|frac=64|abbr=off|adj=mid|-long}} [sea loch](/source/sea_loch) in [Assynt](/source/Assynt), [Sutherland](/source/Sutherland) and is on the northwest coast of [Scotland](/source/Scotland).<ref name="git">{{cite web |last1=Gittings |first1=Bruce |last2=Munro |first2=David |title=Loch Inver, Highland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4263.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=19 October 2020}}</ref> The loch meets the coastal embayment of [Enard Bay](/source/Enard_Bay) at the north end and [The Minch](/source/The_Minch), where it meets [Soyea Island](/source/Soyea_Island) at its mouth.<ref name="git"/> The village of [Lochinver](/source/Lochinver) is at the head of the loch.

==Geography==
At the head of the bay is [Soyea Island](/source/Soyea_Island).<ref name="git2">{{cite web |last1=Gittings |first1=Bruce |last2=Munro |first2=David |title=Soyea Island |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1675.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=29 April 2021}}</ref> It is small rocky uninhabited island whose radial axis lies on a horizontal line, the same as the bay, and is located {{convert|1+3/4|nmi|km|round=0.5|abbr=on}} from [Badnaban](/source/Badnaban) on a bearing of broadly east if slightly north and {{convert|2|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} south-southwest of [Achmelvich](/source/Achmelvich).<ref>{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept|title=West Coast of Scotland Pilot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMlBAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 April 2021|year=1911|page=69}}</ref><ref name="git2"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180px" widths="450px">
File:Navigation beacon, Loch Inver - geograph.org.uk - 2366870.jpg|Navigation beacon far out  on Loch Inver
File:River Inver enters Loch Inver - geograph.org.uk - 3796538.jpg|River Inver entering Loch Inver at dusk
File:Loch_Inver_Alan_Reid.jpg|Loch Inver from the west, the inner sea loch

</gallery>

==References==
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Category:Inver catchment
Category:Landforms of Sutherland
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