Aonach Shasuinn | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 888 m (2,913 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 237 m (778 ft) |
Listing | Corbett, Marilyn |
Geography | |
Location | Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Parent range | Northwest Highlands |
OS grid | NH173180 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 34 |
Aonach Shasuinn (888 m) is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in Inverness-shire, on the southern side of Glen Affric.
Taking the form of a steep-sided ridge, the peak can either be climbed from Glen Affric or Glen Moriston in the south. The nearest village is Cannich. [2]
The Aonach Eagach is a large mountain ridge in the Scottish Highlands, marking the northern edge of Glen Coe. It stretches east–west for several miles and includes two Munro summits: Sgùrr nam Fiannaidh at 967 m (3,175 ft) high, and Meall Dearg at 952 m (3,124 ft) high. The ridge is very rocky and the route along it requires scrambling ability. The slopes to each side are extremely dangerous, with steep grass-and-scree slopes hiding even steeper slopes which end in cliffs on both north and south sides of the ridge.
Carn Eige is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Rising to 1,183 metres (3,881 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Scotland north of the Great Glen, the twelfth-highest in the British Isles, and, in terms of relative height, it is the second-tallest mountain in the British Isles after Ben Nevis. Carn Eige lies between Glen Affric and Loch Mullardoch, and is at the heart of a massif along with its twin peak, the 1,181-metre (3,875 ft) Mam Sodhail.
Bidean nam Bian is the highest peak in a group of mountains south of Glen Coe and north of Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. With a height of 1,150 metres (3,770 ft), it is a Munro and the highest point in Argyll. It is a complex mountain, with many ridges and subsidiary peaks, one of which, Stob Coire Sgreamhach, is classified as a separate Munro.
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Sgùrr nan Ceathreamhnan is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies between Glen Affric and Glen Elchaig, some 30 kilometres east of Kyle of Lochalsh. With a height of 1,151 metres (3,776 ft) it is classed as a Munro and ranked as the third highest mountain north of the Great Glen.
Mam Sodhail or Màm Sabhail (Gaelic), sometimes anglicised "Mam Soul", is a mountain with a height of 1,181 metres (3,875 ft) in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Classed as a Munro, it is beside Carn Eige in the secluded country on the northern side of Glen Affric, some 30 kilometres east of Kyle of Lochalsh.
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Beinn Sgritheall or Beinn an Sgrithill, also anglicized Ben Sgriol, is the highest mountain on the Glenelg peninsula in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is a Munro with a height of 974 metres (3,196 ft). The main approach is via Arnisdale on the shores of Loch Hourn or via Gleann Beag to the north, with its well-known brochs. The view from the summit was described by Sir Hugh Munro, a founder member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, as "perhaps the most beautiful I have seen in Scotland".
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Aonach Buidhe is a remote mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Ross and Cromarty in northwest Scotland. The nearest village is Dornie.
Aonach air Chrith is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands, Scotland. It is located on the southern side of Glen Shiel in Kintail.
Toll Creagach is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies between Glen Affric in the south and Loch Mullardoch in Inverness-shire.
Sgurr nan Coireachan is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the Lochaber region, near the head of the remote Glen Dessarry.
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Coordinates: 57°12′58″N5°01′37″W / 57.216°N 5.027°W