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The loch is home to a watersports centre with kayaking, sailing, and windsurfing among the activities available. There is also a yacht club and cycling routes around the loch. The loch is at the foot of the Cairngorm mountains, [1] just a few miles from Aviemore. Long stretches of its shoreline are formed of sandy beaches.
The forest park, which was established in 1948, [5] covers 35.7 km 2, [6] of which 21.1 km 2 is designated as a national nature reserve (NNR). [2] Glenmore surrounds Loch Morlich , and is below the rise of the Cairngorms to the south; to the north the park extends to the summit of Meall a' Bhuachaille .
Loch Morlich was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 April 1949. [3] Renamed Tutira , she was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 19 April 1949. [ 1 ] In 1950, along with HMNZS Pukaki , she sailed for Korea , taking part in the United Nations naval blockade during the Korean War , serving mainly as an escort.
The two lochs together cover an area of 19.3 km 2 (7.5 sq mi) [18] but have a volume of only 0.047 km 3 (0.011 cu mi) as they are so shallow; Loch of Stenness has a maximum depth of 5.2 metres (17 ft). Although flow between the two lochs and the sea can be observed, the water levels only change slightly with the movements of the tide.
Loch Ness Lifeboat Station is located on the A82 at Urquhart Bay, just east of the town of Drumnadrochit, just north of the mid-point of Loch Ness, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south-east of Inverness, in the Highland region of Scotland.
Of the twenty-eight Loch-class frigates completed as such, Loch Achanalt, Loch Alvie and Loch Morlich were transferred to Canada in 1943 but retained their Royal Navy names and were returned after the war; a fourth ship – Loch Fionn – was also earmarked for transfer but was retained by the Royal Navy as a Bay-class frigate.
The Cape Coral Yacht Club Community Park, which boasts a beach, The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill Restaurant, a historic ballroom building, and other park amenities, is the city's premier gemstone.
Loch Einich or Loch Eanaich (Loch of the Boggy Area) is a remote freshwater loch in Gleann Einich, in the Cairngorms National Park of Highland Scotland. [2] It is some 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the west of Braeriach and its outflow is the Am Beanaidh burn, flowing north through the glen towards Coylumbridge .