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It is approximately 37 kilometres long, and up to 8 kilometres wide, with an average depth of about 37 metres, and a maximum depth of about 190 metres. It has a surface area of approximately 71 million square metres, and a volume of about 2.6 km3. It is the largest of the lochs, and indeed the largest body of inland water in Great Britain, although contrary to popular belief it is not the largest in the British Isles - this distinction belongs to Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.
The loch is now (since July 2002) part of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
The loch famously features in Andrew Lang's verse, The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond, published around 1876. The chorus is well known:
Lang's poetry became the basis for a famous song entitled "Loch Lomond" which has been recorded by many performers over the years in styles ranging from traditional Scottish folk to rock and roll.
Today, the loch is also well known for the Loch Lomond Golf Club which lies next to it, and which has hosted international events.
January view of Ben Lomond from the village of Luss
The village of Luss, on the shores of the loch was the location for the TV soap Take the High RoadTake the High Road was a soap opera produced by Scottish Television (STV) and set in the fictional village of Glendarroch (the real-life village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond). It started in 1980 as an ITV daytime soap opera and was dropped by the B.
Ben Lomond, on the eastern shore is 974 metres in height and is the most southerly of the Scottish MunroAonach Eagach, a popular ridge between two munros in Glen Coe, Meall Dearg and Sgorr nam Fiannaidh A Munro is a Scottish hill with a height over 3000 feet (914. They are named after Sir Hugh Munro (1856 1919), who produced the first attempt at an exhausti peaks.There is also a Loch Lomond in the Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is mostly in eastern California. The range is also known as The Sierra . Geography The Sierra Nevada stretches 400 miles (650km), from Fredonyer Pass in the North to Tehachapi Pass in the South. The Sierra Nevada, in CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh, USAThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.
Scottish lakes