Loch Ness
Water
A deep, dark lake in Scotland, and maybe a monster.
Loch Ness is a long, narrow lake in the Scottish Highlands: 37 kilometres long and about 230 metres deep. The water is dark brown from the peat that washes into it, so you cannot see far down.
For almost a hundred years people have claimed to see a large animal in the lake: Nessie. Photos, sonar and even a search for its DNA have never found a monster, but visitors keep looking.
- long
- 37 km
- deep
- 230 m
- the monster story began
- 1933
- 1
There is more water in Loch Ness than in all the lakes of England and Wales put together.
- 2
The most famous photo of the monster, from 1934, turned out to be a toy submarine with a head stuck on it.
- 3
Loch is the Scottish word for lake.
Question 1 of 2
What does the word loch mean?
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