Kintail
Kintail is a mountainous area sitting at the head of Loch Duich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the Highland Council area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinn Fhada and Sàileag.
Beinn Fhada
Peak
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Beinn Fhada or Ben Attow is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. The finest route up Beinn Fhada is from Morvich to the north-west. There is a direct line up a grassy, and rather boggy, slope from the east side of the River Croe. Beinn Fhada is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kintail.
Sàileag
Peak
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Sàileag is Scottish mountain located on the northern side of Glen Shiel, 27 kilometres south east of Kyle of Lochalsh.
Sgùrr Fhuaran
Peak
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Sgùrr Fhuaran is a Scottish mountain that is situated on the northern side of Glen Shiel, 23 kilometres east-southeast of Kyle of Lochalsh. Sgùrr Fhuaran is situated 2 miles west of Kintail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morvich and Shiel Bridge.
Morvich
Hamlet
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Morvich is a settlement in Glen Shiel near the southern end of Loch Duich, and to the north of Kintail, in Lochalsh, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Morvich is situated 4 miles northwest of Kintail.
Shiel Bridge
Hamlet
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Shiel Bridge is a hamlet on the south east shore of Loch Duich at the foot of Glen Shiel, in the Lochalsh area of the Scottish Highlands. It is in the council area of Highland. Shiel Bridge is situated 4½ miles west of Kintail.
Ratagan
Hamlet
Ratagan is a small hamlet on the southwestern shore of the sea loch, Loch Duich in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Ratagan is situated 6 miles west of Kintail.
Kintail
- Type: Region
- Description: mountainous area in the Scottish highlands
- Category: mountain range
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kintail” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kintail”
- Dutch: “Kintail”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كينتايل”
- French: “Cinn Tàile”
- French: “Kintail”
- German: “Kintail”
- Irish: “Cinn Táile”
- Irish: “Cinn Tàile”
- Japanese: “キンテイル”
- Ladin: “Kintail”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kintail”
- Russian: “Кинтайл”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cinn Tàile”
- Slovenian: “Kintail”
- Swedish: “Kintail”
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Highlights include Sgurr Fhuaran East Top and Beinn Odhar.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Kintail”. Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.