Loch Achanalt is a small, irregularly shaped, lowland freshwater

loch ''Loch'' ( ) is a word meaning "lake" or "inlet, sea inlet" in Scottish Gaelic, Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English. In Irish contexts, it often appears in the anglicized form "lough". A small loch is sometimes calle ...

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty (), is an area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In modern usage, it is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. Between 1889 and 1975 it was a Shires of Scotland, county. Historical ...

in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gae ...

, close to Achanalt railway station and the village of

Achanalt Achanalt (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Achadh nan Allt'') is a railway halt in Strath Bran, Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland Council area, Highland. It is served by a Achanalt railway station, railway station on the Kyle ...

. It is roughly quadrangular in shape with an approximate diameter of , and is at an altitude of . The average depth is and its maximum depth is . The River Bran flows into the loch on its western shore, and at its eastern shore there is a short fast stream draining into Loch a' Chuilinn. The loch was surveyed on 9 August 1902 by R.M. Clarke and James Murray as part of Sir John Murray's ''Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897–1909''. The

Loch-class frigate The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine (A/S) frigate built for the Royal Navy and her Allies during World War II. They were an innovative design based on the experience of three years of fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic and atte ...

was named after the loch.

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