Stob Coire an Laoigh | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,116 m (3,661 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 74 m (243 ft) [2] |
Parent peak | Stob Choire Claurigh |
Listing | Munro |
Naming | |
English translation | Peak of the corrie of the calf |
Language of name | Gaelic |
Geography | |
Location | The Grey Corries, Scotland |
OS grid | NN240725 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 41 |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hike |
Stob Coire an Laoigh (Scottish Gaelic : Peak of the corrie of the calf) is a Scottish mountain in The Grey Corries Range, 15 kilometres north east of Kinlochleven.
At an elevation of 1,116 metres (3,661 ft) Stob Coire an Laoigh is equal 37th in height (with Aonach Beag) on the Munro table.
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