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Lochan Buidhe

Coordinates: 57°5′21.2″N 3°40′44.9″W / 57.089222°N 3.679139°W / 57.089222; -3.679139
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Lochan Buidhe
Lochan Buidhe is located in Badenoch and Strathspey
Lochan Buidhe
Lochan Buidhe
LocationCairngorms, Grampian Mountains, Scotland
Coordinates57°5′21.2″N 3°40′44.9″W / 57.089222°N 3.679139°W / 57.089222; -3.679139
Primary outflowsFeith Buidhe
Basin countriesScotland
Max. length100 m (330 ft)
Max. width50 m (160 ft)
Surface area4,451 m2 (47,910 sq ft)
Surface elevation1,120 m (3,670 ft)

Lochan Buidhe is a small freshwater loch located on the Cairngorm Plateau in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. At over 1,120 m (3,670 ft) above sea level, it is among the highest named bodies of water in the British Isles.[1]

The loch and its primary outflow, Feith Buidhe were the site of the 1971 Cairngorm Plateau disaster, in which a group of five school students and their leader died of exposure after being stranded in the open for two nights in a blizzard.

Lochan Buidhe
Lochan Buidhe

References

  1. ^ "Winter Navigation: water features and their perils". scotmountainholidays.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.