Ben Macdui
Ben Macdui is the second-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, and the highest of the Cairngorm Mountains. The summit is 1,309 metres above sea level and it is classed as a Munro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,295 feet
- Description: mountain on the Aberseendshire and Moray border, Scotland; second highest mountain in the UK
- Also known as: “Beinmacdhuie”, “Beinn Macduibh”, “Beinn Mucdhubh”, “Beinn Muich-Dhui”, “Beinn-na-muich-dhui”, “Beinn-na-Muick-du”, “Ben Macdhui”, “Benmacdhu”, “Benmacdhuie”, “Bennamacduich”, and “Bennamuckduidh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairn Toul and Braeriach.
Cairn Toul
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairn Toul is the 4th-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, Ben Macdui and Braeriach. The summit is 1,291 metres above sea level.
Braeriach
Peak
Braeriach or Brae Riach is the third-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui, rising 1,296 metres above sea level.
Derry Cairngorm
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Derry Cairngorm is a Scottish mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of Braemar in the county of Aberdeenshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coire an t-Sneachda and Lairig an Laoigh.
Coire an t-Sneachda
Locality
Photo: Nk.sheridan, Public domain.
Coire an t-Sneachda is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands.
Lairig an Laoigh
Locality
The Lairig an Laoigh is a mountain pass through the Highlands of Scotland. In speech and sometimes in writing the name is reduced to "Lairig Laoigh". It is of glacial origin, dissecting the Cairngorm plateau, and it runs roughly north–south from Speyside to Deeside at one time being used as a drove road.
Ben Macdui
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.07039° or 57° 4′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.66913° or 3° 40′ 9″ westElevation
4,295 feet (1,309 metres)Open location code
9C9R38CJ+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 54668521OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Ben Macdui” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ben Macdhui”
- Basque: “Ben Macdui”
- Breton: “Beinn Mac Duibh”
- Cebuano: “Ben Macdui”
- Czech: “Ben Macdui”
- Dutch: “Ben Macdui”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بين ماكدوى”
- French: “Ben Macdhui”
- French: “Ben Macdui”
- German: “Ben Macdhui”
- German: “Ben Macdui”
- Greek: “Μπεν Μακντούι”
- Irish: “Beinn Mac Duibh”
- Italian: “Ben Macdui”
- Japanese: “ベン・マクドゥイ”
- Ladin: “Ben Macdui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ben Macdhui (Scotland)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ben Macdhui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ben MacDhui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ben Macdui”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ben MacDui”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ben Macdhui”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ben Macdui”
- Norwegian: “Ben Macdhui”
- Ossetian: “Бен-Макдуи”
- Polish: “Ben Macdui”
- Russian: “Бен-Макдуи”
- Russian: “Бен-Макдюи”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Beinn Mac Duibh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Beinn MacDuibh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ben Macdhui”
- Slovak: “Ben Macdui”
- Slovenian: “Ben Macdhui”
- Slovenian: “Ben Macdui”
- Spanish: “Ben Macdui”
- Swedish: “Ben Macdui”
- Venetian: “Ben Macdui”
- Welsh: “Ben Macdhui”
- Welsh: “Ben Macdui”
- Western Panjabi: “بن مکڈوئی”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Mor and Coire Sputain Dearg.
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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 “Ben Macdui”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.