Loch of Skene is a large lowland, freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) to the west of the village of Kirkton of Skene and 9 mi (14 km) west of Aberdeen.^[6]

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Loch of Skene
Loch Skene
Loch of Skene in 1999
Loch of Skene
Location	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coordinates	57°9′27″N 2°21′25″W[1]
Type	freshwater artificial loch
Primary inflows	Corskie Burn[2]
Primary outflows	Leuchar Burn[3]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1 mi (1.6 km)[4]
Max. width	0.66 mi (1.06 km)[4]
Surface area	144.4 ha (357 acres)[1]
Average depth	6 ft (1.8 m)[4]
Max. depth	6 ft (1.8 m)[4]
Water volume	60,000,000 cu ft (1,700,000 m3)[4]
Shore length1	4.4 km (2.7 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	85 m (279 ft)[1]
Islands	3[1]
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	1 October 1986
Reference no.	339[5]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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The loch is partially man-made, being dammed at its outflow on the southern shore to form a reservoir. Before 1905, water from the loch was used in the making of tweed and to turn the mill wheel at the Garlogie Mills. When the mills closed in 1905 the water was used to generate electricity.^[3][7] The loch is about 6 foot deep at its deepest.

The loch is designated as a Special Protection Area, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Ramsar site for wildlife conservation purposes.^[8][9]

The loch supports concentrations of wildfowl in autumn and winter in particular greylag geese, goldeneye ducks and pink-footed geese. Common gulls are also found on the loch.

Reedbed and a birch and willow carr fringe the loch perimeter.

Pike are found in the loch and a permit is required for fishing.^[7]

The Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club is based at the loch. ^[10]

The loch was surveyed^[4] on 17 July 1905 by T.N. Johnston and L.W. Collett and later charted ^[11] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.