How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[gadjo_dilo]

I know only Loch Ness.

[anfield5]

interesting question D-Type. I have only heard of the Lake of Mentieth, but something is telling me this is actually a sea loch, which would mean that even though it is called a lake, it isn't actually a lake at all.

[Tazio]

Loch Lomond ???????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6vYKJerstg

[schmenke]

I'm confused. Does loch not simply mean lake?

[D-Type]

Anfield 5 has it - the answer is the Lake of Mentieth, the famous one. It is a freshwater lake. According to Wikipedia some artificial lochs/lakes are named "Lake whatever" and it hints there may be other Scottish "Lakes" but Mentieth is the famous one.

schmenke, "Loch" means "Lake" in Gaelic so all Scottish lakes are called "Lochs", like Loch Lomond and Loch Ness. They also use the word for "enclosed bodies of seawater" or "sea lochs" such as Loch Long.

[schmenke]

Sorry, I'm still confused . So why is Lake of Mentieth not called Loch Mentieth?

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm also confused. How come that anfield always knows the right answers?

[D-Type]

Sorry, I'm still confused . So why is Lake of Mentieth not called Loch Mentieth?

The story is on Wikipedia. Apparently it goes back to a misunderstanding or mistranslation by Dutch cartographers in the 16th Century.

[anfield5]

I'm also confused. How come that anfield always knows the right answers?

Absolutely NOT always, but geography is one of my 'egg-heads' topics.

[anfield5]

Keeping with lakes, what is significant/special about lake Bosumtwi in Ghana?