Loch Bad an Sgalaig facts for kids

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Loch Bad an Sgalaig Location in Highland
Location	Wester Ross, Scotland
Coordinates	57°40′32″N 5°36′33″W / 57.67556°N 5.60917°W / 57.67556; -5.60917
Type	freshwater loch and reservoir
Primary inflows	Abhainn a' Gharbh Choire
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.66 mi (1.06 km)
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Surface area	132.2 ha (327 acres)
Average depth	24.25 ft (7.39 m)
Max. depth	64 ft (20 m)
Water volume	151,000,000 cu ft (4,300,000 m3)
Shore length1	10.2 km (6.3 mi)
Surface elevation	116 m (381 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5 mi (8.0 km) south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland.

The north west end of the loch, where it outflows to the Eas na Laimh stream, was dammed in 1949 to power the Kerry Falls hydroelectric power station.

The loch was surveyed on 30 July 1902 by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.