Loch Shin
- Area
- 30 km²
- Max depth
- 49 m
- Tonight
- 7°CRain · Wind 32 km/h SW
Loch Shin is a lake at 90 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 30 km² in area and 27.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 90 m
- Length
- 27.0 km
- Shoreline
- 83.0 km
Loch Shin in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 83.0 km
Loch Shin 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km
Loch Shin terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Loch Shin elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Shin weather
Today · Rain · 7 / 8°C (45 / 46°F) · 9.1 mm · Wind 32 km/h SW
Loch Shin forecast for about 90 m.
- Today7°8°9.1 mm32 km/h SW
- Tue6°9°9.2 mm47 km/h SW
- Wed8°11°1.1 mm32 km/h SW
- Thu8°11°0.8 mm17 km/h SE
- Fri3°10°2.4 mm13 km/h SE
- Sat0°5°0.2 mm4 km/h N
- Sun3°8°0.2 mm15 km/h W
- Mon3°10°–14 km/h W
- Tue3°8°–8 km/h SE
- Wed6°10°0.1 mm13 km/h SE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 26, 13:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Loch Shin
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Shin, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
Woodend Caravan and Camping Site
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Woodend Caravan and Camping SiteCaravan site | 5.6 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 456 m low point 45 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Loch Shin.
Summit list 3
- 1Cnoc a' Choire263 m 4.9 km S
- 2Cnoc nan Imrichean391 m 5.9 km SSW
- 3Beinn Sgeireach476 m 6.9 km SW
Where Loch Shin sits
- Region
- Scotland166United Kingdom394Europe2,267
Nearby places
Loch Shin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-18)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)