It is approximately 4.5 mi (7.2 km) north of the small village of Torridon and 8 mi (13 km) southeast of Gairloch.

The loch is oblong in shape and trends north by northwest to south by southeast.

The surrounding area is mountainous with Beinn an Eoin to the east and Baosbheinn to the west.

Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted[5] as part of the Sir John Murray and Laurence Pullar's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Wild brown trout are known to inhabit the loch.