What is Loch Ness?
{{Infobox body of water|name=Loch Ness|islands=1 ([[Cherry Island (Loch Ness)|Cherry Island]])|volume={{convert|1.8|cumi|abbr=on|order=flip}}|type=freshwater [[loch]], [[Oligotrophic lake|oligotrophic]], [[dimictic]]<ref>Dill, W.A. (1993). ''Inland Fisheries of Europe'', p. 227. EIFAC [[FAO]] Technical Report 52 suppl.</ref>|pushpin_map=Scotland|outflow=[[River Ness]]/[[Caledonian Canal]]|max-depth={{convert|226.96|m|fathom ft|abbr=on}}|location=[[Scottish Highlands]]|length={{convert|22.5|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}|inflow=[[River Oich]]/[[Caledonian Canal]], [[River Moriston]], [[River Foyers]], [[River Enrick]], [[River Coiltie]]|caption=With [[Urquhart Castle]] in the foreground|elevation={{convert|15.8|m|abbr=on}}|depth={{convert|132|m|abbr=on}}|coordinates={{coord|57|18|N|4|27|W|region:GB_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}|cities=[[Fort Augustus]], [[Invermoriston]], [[Drumnadrochit]], [[Abriachan]], [[Lochend (Loch Ness)|Lochend]]; [[Whitebridge, Scotland|Whitebridge]], [[Foyers]], [[Inverfarigaig]], [[Dores]].|catchment={{convert|685|sqmi|abbr=on|order=flip}}|basin_countries=Scotland|area={{convert|21.8|sqmi|abbr=on|order=flip}}|image=LochNessUrquhart.jpg|width={{convert|1.7|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}}} '''Loch Ness''' is a [[loch]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]]. It is also on the [[Great Glen Fault]] and part of the [[Caledonian Canal]]. == Geography == Loch Ness is 36 kilometres long and only 1.5 kilometres wide. It is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at {{convert|56.4|km2|abbr=on}}, after [[Loch Lomond]]. Because of its great depth, it is the largest by volume. Its deepest point is {{convert|230|m|abbr=on|0}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897–1909 |url= http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/bathymetric/main_info.html |publisher=National Library of Scotland |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070208122134/http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/bathymetric/main_info.html |archivedate = 2007-02-08}}</ref><ref name=scotgaz>{{cite web|url= http://www.