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Ness, Loch, Inverness-shire, on the line of the Cale-donian Canal; extends 22½ miles from Bona Ferry on the NE. to Fort Augustus on the SW., and has an average breadth of about 1 mile and a maximum depth of 130 fathoms; its surplus water is carried off by the river NESS: which see.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "loch" (ADL Feature Type: "lakes") |
| Administrative units: | Inverness Shire County |
| Place names: | LOCH NESS | NESS | NESS LOCH |
| Place: | Loch Ness |
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