Loch Dochard is an upland freshwater

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lying approximately west of Bridge of Orchy in

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. The loch has an irregular shape with a perimeter of . It is approximately long, has an average depth of and is at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 18 May 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of his ''Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909''.

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