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Loch Stack
Loch Stack Location in Sutherland
Location	Sutherland, Scotland
Coordinates	58°20′12″N 4°55′28″W / 58.336700°N 4.924500°W / 58.336700; -4.924500
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	An Earachd
Primary outflows	River Laxford
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	4 km (2.5 mi)
Surface area	252.1 ha (623 acres)
Average depth	26 m (86 ft)
Max. depth	33 m (108 ft)
Water volume	28,000,000 m3 (988,000,000 cu ft)
Shore length1	16.6 km (10.3 mi)
Surface elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Islands	1
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Stack is a large, irregularly shaped freshwater loch in the Northwest of Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Laxford Bridge and is surrounded by mountains. Ben Stack rises steeply from the loch's southwestern shore and Arkle lies directly to the north.

Survey

The loch was surveyed between 6 and 8 September 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Murray and later charted as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.