Loch Quoich

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Loch Quoich, looking south west to Sgurr Mòr in the distance.
Loch Quoich, looking south west to Sgurr Mòr in the distance.

Loch Quoich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Chuaich) is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40km northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The name means "loch of the cup/quaich".

Both lochs form part of the Glen Garry hydroelectricity project commissioned by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board in the 1950s.

The dam on Loch Quoich is the largest rockfill dam in Scotland at 320m long and 38m high. The scheme was completed in 1962.