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 ...

is the Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or a sea inlet. Loch may also refer to:

Places

Loch, Victoria Loch is a town in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia which was established in 1876. The town was named in honour of the Governor of Victoria, Henry Loch. Transport Loch was formerly situated along the South Gippsland railway c ...

, a town in Australia ** Loch railway station * Lochs, Outer Hebrides, a parish on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland *

Lochans, Dumfries and Galloway Lochans is a small village around south of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Sco ...

, Scotland *

Loch Castle (Eichhofen) Loch Castle (german: Burg Loch) is a protected ruin in the municipality of Loch in the Bavarian market borough of Nittendorf. It is also the symbol of Eichhofen, a village within the borough. Loch is a rare example of a cave castle in Bavaria; ...

, a rare example of a Bavarian cave castle *

Mount Loch Mount Loch is a mountain in the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Australian state of Victoria. The summit of Mount Loch is at and it is the fourth highest mountain in the state. See also *Alpine National Park T ...

, a mountain in Australia *

The Loch (Central Park) North Woods and North Meadow are two interconnected features in the northern section of Central Park, New York City, close to the neighborhoods of the Upper West Side and Harlem in Manhattan. The North Woods, in the northwestern corner of the ...

in Manhattan, New York, United States * Loch Fyne (Greenland), a fjord in East Greenland

People

Loch (surname) Loch is the surname of a Scottish Lowlands family whose members have included: *George Loch of Drylaw (1749-1788), Edinburgh land-owner *James Loch (1780–1855), Scottish estate commissioner and later a Member of Parliament * John Loch (1781–1868 ...

Fiction and folklore

* Loch Ness Monster or "Nessie", a supposed aquatic being in Scottish folklore, which reputedly inhabits Loch Ness * ''The Loch'' (novel), a novel by Steve Alten * ''The Loch'' (TV series), a British TV series

Other uses

Baron Loch Baron Loch, of Drylaw in the County of Midlothian (now part of Edinburgh), was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1895 for the soldier and colonial administrator Sir Henry Loch. He was the son of James Loch, Member ...

, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Loch-class frigate, a class of ship built for the Royal Navy and her allies during World War II