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meall+nan+aighean Latitude and Longitude:

56°37′14″N 4°07′43″W / 56.6206°N 4.1287°W / 56.6206; -4.1287
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Meall nan Aighean
Entrance to Glen Lyon. Meall nan Aighean is the highest point in the background.
Highest point
Elevation981 m (3,219 ft) [1]
Prominence136 m (446 ft)  Edit this on Wikidata
Listing Munro
Naming
English translationHill of the heifers or hinds [1]
Language of name Gaelic
Geography
Location Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Parent range Grampians
OS grid NN694496
Topo map OS Landranger 51, OS Explorer 378

Meall nan Aighean is a Scottish mountain in the council area of Perth and Kinross. It stands in a group of four Munros known as the Càrn Mairg group or the Glen Lyon Horseshoe on the north side of Glen Lyon. It is often climbed as part of the circuit of the Càrn Mairg Munros, which stand in a curving arc around the Invervar Burn.

The summit cairn of Meall nan Aighean with Loch Tay in the background

56°37′14″N 4°07′43″W / 56.6206°N 4.1287°W / 56.6206; -4.1287

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Irvine Butterfield, Magic of the Munros (David & Charles, 2005), p. 24

meall+nan+aighean Latitude and Longitude:

56°37′14″N 4°07′43″W / 56.6206°N 4.1287°W / 56.6206; -4.1287
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meall nan Aighean
Entrance to Glen Lyon. Meall nan Aighean is the highest point in the background.
Highest point
Elevation981 m (3,219 ft) [1]
Prominence136 m (446 ft)  Edit this on Wikidata
Listing Munro
Naming
English translationHill of the heifers or hinds [1]
Language of name Gaelic
Geography
Location Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Parent range Grampians
OS grid NN694496
Topo map OS Landranger 51, OS Explorer 378

Meall nan Aighean is a Scottish mountain in the council area of Perth and Kinross. It stands in a group of four Munros known as the Càrn Mairg group or the Glen Lyon Horseshoe on the north side of Glen Lyon. It is often climbed as part of the circuit of the Càrn Mairg Munros, which stand in a curving arc around the Invervar Burn.

The summit cairn of Meall nan Aighean with Loch Tay in the background

56°37′14″N 4°07′43″W / 56.6206°N 4.1287°W / 56.6206; -4.1287

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Irvine Butterfield, Magic of the Munros (David & Charles, 2005), p. 24

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