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{{Short description|Sea loch on the west coast of Scotland}}
{{For|the [[Caledonian MacBrayne]] ferry|MV Loch Linnhe}}
'''Loch Linnhe''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ɒ|x|_|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|i}} is a [[sea loch]] on the west coast of Scotland. The part upstream of [[Corran, Lochaber|Corran]] is known in [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] as ''An Linne Dhubh'' (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as ''An Linne Sheileach'' (the salty pool). The name ''Linnhe'' is derived from the Gaelic word ''linne'', meaning "pool".{{sfnp|Omand|2004|p=246|ps=}}▼
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Loch Linnhe follows the line of the [[Great Glen Fault]], and is the only sea loch along the fault.{{sfnp|Omand|2004|p=11|ps=}} About {{convert|50|km|mi}} long, it opens onto the [[Firth of Lorne]] at its southwestern end. The part of the loch upstream of Corran is {{convert|15|km|mi}} long and an average of about {{convert|2|km|mi}} wide. The southern part of the loch is wider, and its branch southeast of the island of [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]] is known as the Lynn of Lorne. [[Loch Eil]] feeds into Loch Linnhe at the latter's northernmost point, while from the east [[Loch Leven (Highlands)|Loch Leven]] feeds in the loch just downstream of Corran and [[Loch Creran]] feeds into the Lynn of Lorne. The town of [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]] lies at the northeast end of the loch, at the mouth of the [[River Lochy]].▼
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▲'''Loch Linnhe''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ɒ|x|_|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|i|audio=Loch Linnhe.ogg}} {{respell|lokh|_|LIN|ee}}) is a [[sea loch]]
▲Loch Linnhe follows the line of the [[Great Glen Fault]], and is the only sea loch along the fault.{{sfnp|Omand|2004|p=11|ps=}} About {{convert|
According to the [[Bard]] Fr. [[Allan MacDonald (poet)|Allan MacDonald]], an important figure in [[Scottish Gaelic literature]], Loch Linnhe was said in local [[Scottish folklore]] to be the home of an [[each-uisge]], or "water horse", whose back could accommodate all the children who wished to ride him. But when they did, the water-horse would gallop off into the nearest lake to drown and eat the children on his back. Fr. Allan MacDonald later recalled that during his childhood in nearby Fort William, "Many's the horse I wouldn't get on as a child for fear it would be the ''each-uisge''."<ref> Edited by Ronald Black (2002), ''Eilein na h-Òige: The Poems of Fr. Allan MacDonald'', Mungo Press. Pages 5-6.</ref>
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* {{citation |last=Omand |first=Donald |title=The Argyll Book |year=2004 |publisher=Birlinn |isbn=978-1-84158-253-5}}
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[[Category:Sea lochs of Scotland]]▼
[[Category:Lochs of Argyll and Bute]]
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