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'''Loch Ness''' is the largest lake in [[Great Britain]], being 23 miles long, one mile wide, and almost 900 feet deep in places.
'''Loch Ness''' is a large freshwater [[loch]] in [[Inverness-shire]]. Lying in the [[Scottish Highlands]], it is the largest lake by volume in [[Great Britain]], being 23 miles long, one mile wide, and almost 900 feet deep in places.
Geologists believe that the present day Loch Ness dates from the end of the [[Ice Age]].<ref>According to secular scientists, this lasted 20,000 years and finished 10,000 years ago, and was the most recent of several. According to creationary scientists, the Ice Age lasted a few hundred years, and occurred in the centuries following [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]]</ref>
Geologists believe that the present day Loch Ness dates from the end of the [[Ice Age]].<ref>According to secular scientists, this lasted 20,000 years and finished 10,000 years ago, and was the most recent of several. According to creationary scientists, the Ice Age lasted a few hundred years, and occurred in the centuries following [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]]</ref>
Loch Ness is most famous for unsubstantiated reports, some fraudulent, of the "[[Loch Ness Monster]]", a large, [[dinosaur]]-shaped creature said to inhabit the loch. The size of the lake makes a full search of the lake unfeasible.
Loch Ness is most famous for unsubstantiated reports, some fraudulent, of the "[[Loch Ness Monster]]", a large, [[dinosaur]]-shaped creature said to inhabit the loch. The size of the lake makes a full search of the lake unfeasible.
==Geography==
The settlements and landmarks that lie on of near Loch Ness include Lochend on the northern shore, Dores, Inverfarigaig, Foyers and Whitebridge on the eastern shore, Fort Augustus on the southern shore and Abriachan, Drumnadrochit, Urquhart Castle and Invermoriston on the western shore.
==Transport==
The [[A82 road]], which runs north from [[Glasgow]] to the Highlands, skirts the north-western shore of the loch as part of the section between [[Fort William]] and its northern terminus at [[Inverness]]. The A887 runs north-west from Invermoriston to the A87 road, which in turn takes traffic north to Uig on the [[Isle of Skye]].
==Notes==
==Notes==