Loch Killin
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Loch Killin is a small freshwater loch in the Monadhliath Mountains, in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Geography
The loch is about Script error: No such module "convert". long, and is one of numerous small lochs close to the southern end of Loch Ness, the southernmost point of which lies nine miles to the west.[1] The nearest settlement is Whitebridge, which is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". to the north-west of the loch and which features a Jacobite era bridge built by George Wade in 1732.[2] This includes the neighbouring hamlet and abandoned former township of Easter Drummond.[3] The Loch is part of a wider hydroelectricity scheme at Garrogie.[4] There are a couple of hunting lodges in proximity to the lodge, specifically Garrogie lodge and Killin lodge, as well as several tracks through the valleys towards a wind farm in the Grampian Mountains.[1]
Ecology
The waters of Loch Killin are home to the Haddy charr (Salvelinus killinensis), a species of char named after this loch. It is endemic to this lake as well as Loch Doine, and possibly Loch Builg.[5]
Association
The Royal Navy frigate Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was named after the loch.