Loch Sálta

Loch Sálta—the Lake of the Jumping, named from the Irish sáltadh (trampling or leaping)—is a glacial mountain tarn formed approximately 40,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Despite its small surface area of roughly 150 acres, the lake descends to depths exceeding 60 metres, indicating its glacial origins and the action of powerful erosive forces during successive glaciation periods. The townlan...