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at its southwestern end. The part of the loch upstream of Corran is 15 km (9 mi) long and an average of about 2 km (1 mi) wide. The southern part of the loch is wider, and its branch southeast of the island of
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feeds into Loch Linnhe at the latter's northernmost point, while from the east
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lies at the northeast end of the loch, at the mouth of the
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area, in the west of Scotland. The part upstream of
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56°42′05″N 5°15′43″W / 56.70139°N 5.26194°W / 56.70139; -5.26194
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/lɒxˈlɪni/

lokh LIN-ee
sea loch
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Corran
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Great Glen Fault
Firth of Lorne
Lismore
Loch Eil
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Loch Creran

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