Loch Bì, sometimes anglicised as Loch Bee, is the largest
loch
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...
on the island of
South Uist in the
Outer Hebrides
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of
Scotland
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. It lies at the northern end of the island
Loch Bì has an irregular shape, and measures about long by in mean breadth. Its greatest depth is around . Loch Bì is reputed for its trout, flounder and mullet stock.
Loch Bì is bisected by a causeway carrying the
A865 road
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. The first causeway was built in the 17th century, with the existing structure having been completed in 1990.
References
Freshwater lochs of Scotland
South Uist
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