Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use...

 in the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...

. It is the point at which the River Carron

River Carron, Wester Ross

River Carron is a river in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head-streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from there....

 enters the North Atlantic Ocean.

According to the marine charts, the tidal currents reach 3 knots in the narrows, although there is little water disturbance from the flow. At the narrows the depth of water is less than 20metres, but in the basins on either sides it extends to more than 100m.http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=2294&v=5&sp= Beneath the cliffs at Strome castle is a colony of flame shell

Flame shell

A flame shell, Limaria hians,is a striking bivalve which resembles a scallop but has a bright orange fringe of filaments emerging from between its shells. Their distribution is primarily in the west coast of Scotland from the sublittoral down to 100m, although there are patchy records of them...

s.

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See also

• River Carron (Forth)
  River Carron (Forth)
  The River Carron is a river in central Scotland. This river has given its name to towns in Falkirk, a variety of regional features, a type of cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships and an island in the Southern Hemisphere.-River Carron:The river rises in the Campsie Fells before flowing into...
  
  
• Lochcarron
  Lochcarron
  Lochcarron is a village, community and civil parish in the Wester Ross area of Highland, Scotland. It has a population of 923.-Local Information:...
  
  , a village on the loch
• Stromeferry
  Stromeferry
  Stromeferry is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.It is served by Stromeferry railway station and is close to the A890 road...
  
   (no ferry), situated on the south side at the narrows
• Plockton
  Plockton
  Plockton is a village in the Highlands of Scotland with a population of 378 .- Details :Plockton is a picturesque settlement on the shores of Loch Carron...
  
  , village with harbour at the west end from which boat service takes tourists to the seal colony on the islands.

Tourism

Tourism is a significant industry in the Highlands of Scotland and one that generates important local economic activity. It provides employment for local people and attracts many visitors to Wester Ross in general and Lochcarron in particular because of its traditional seaside location.