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Loch A'an is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. Loch A'an, also called Loch Avon, is the source of the River Avon. Loch A'an is oriented southwest–northeast and is bounded on three sides by precipitous mountains, cliffs and crags, with the North-East opening out to provide an outflow for the river through Glen Avon.

Geography
To the north of the loch, rising almost vertically, lies the Cairn Gorm, the sixth highest mountain in the United Kingdom. Southwest of Cairn Gorm, at the head of the loch, lies the imposing peak of Ben Macdui, the second-highest mountain in the UK, and to east lies Beinn Mheadhoin, the thirteenth-highest mountain in the UK, again rising almost vertically from the Loch A'an basin. Lying south of the loch and higher up the range at an elevation of , lies Loch Etchachan. ==Poem==
Poem
Nan Shepherd wrote a short poem about the loch in her 1934 anthology In the Cairngorms. ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:Loch Avon in Springtime - geograph.org.uk - 683700.jpg|The Loch in springtime before the thaw File:Loch Avon in Cairngorms - geograph.org.uk - 10129.jpg|Photo taken from just east of the Saddle on the SW ridge of A'Choinneach File:View towards Loch A'an and Beinn Mheadhoin - geograph.org.uk - 866001.jpg|View towards Loch A'an and Beinn Mheadhoin The 'Middle Hill' from Shelter Stone Craig. File:Burns tumble towards Loch Avon - geograph.org.uk - 2598831.jpg|Burns tumble towards Loch Avon ==References==
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