The Storr
The Storr is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,359 feet
- Description: 719m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Stòr” and “Storr Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Man of Storr and Hartaval.
Old Man of Storr
Peak
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Storr is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.
Hartaval
Peak
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartaval is a hill on the Isle of Skye. It is located on the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the isle, and is the second highest peak on Trotternish ridge after The Storr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keistle and Lealt.
Lealt
Hamlet
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lealt is a crofting township, on the western coastline of the Sound of Raasay on the Trotternish peninsula of Skye, in the Highlands of Scotland and the council area of Highland.
Borve
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borve or Borbh is a crofting township on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Borve is situated 4½ miles southwest of The Storr.
The Storr
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.50729° or 57° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.18332° or 6° 11′ westElevation
2,359 feet (719 metres)Open location code
9C9MGR48+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 563094988OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“The Storr” goes by many names.
- Basque: “An Stòrr”
- Catalan: “An Stòrr”
- Cebuano: “The Storr”
- Chinese: “斯托爾山”
- Czech: “The Storr”
- Dutch: “The Storr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ذا ستور”
- French: “The Storr”
- Galician: “Monte Storr”
- Galician: “Storr”
- German: “Der Storr”
- Irish: “An Stòrr”
- Italian: “The Storr”
- Ladin: “The Storr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Storr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Stòrr”
- Spanish: “El Storr”
- Swedish: “The Storr”
- Venetian: “The Storr”
- Welsh: “The Storr”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Storr”. Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.