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SHIEL, LOCH , a lake near the Atlantic
Scotland , lying between the district
Inverness
Argyllshire
drawn
long and varies in width from 200 yds. to 1 m., and is only 112 ft. above the sea. The maximum depth is 420 ft. with a mean depth of 812 ft. The lake has an area of 4840 acres or 72 sq. m., and drains directly a basin of 722 sq. m., and with an outflow from Loch Dilate, or Doilake, of 852 sq. m. Loch Dilate lies 12 m. E. of Loch Shiel, into which it flows by the Polloch. It is 12 m; long at its maximum, with a maximum depth of S5 ft., and covers an area of 142 acres. For fully three-fourths of its length Loch Shiel has a southwesterly direction, but at Eilean Fhianain (Finnan's Island
south
east
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