Grampian Mountains
The Grampian Mountains is one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, that together occupy about half of Scotland. The other two ranges are the Northwest Highlands and the Southern Uplands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,484 feet
- Description: mountain range in Scotland
- Also known as: “Grampian Hills”, “Grampians”, and “The Grampians”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Nevis and Càrn Mòr Dearg.
Ben Nevis
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom, at 1344.527 m / 4413 ft - it gained about a metre during a 2016 official survey. It's near the town of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, at the southwest end of the Great Glen.
Càrn Mòr Dearg
Peak
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Càrn Mòr Dearg is the ninth-highest mountain in Scotland and the British Isles, with a height of 1,220 metres. It stands a short distance northeast of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain, to which it is linked by the Càrn Mòr Dearg arête.
Steall Waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: DavyBoyHayes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steall Waterfall, also known as An Steall Bàn or Steall Falls, is situated in Glen Nevis near Fort William, Highland, Scotland. It is Scotland's second-highest waterfall, with a single drop of 120 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achriabhach and Glen Nevis.
Achriabhach
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achriabhach is a hamlet in Glen Nevis, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. Achriabhach is adjacent to the Ben Nevis Site of Special Scientific Interest as designated by Scottish Natural Heritage.
Glen Nevis
Village
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
Glen Nevis is a glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with Fort William at its foot. It is bordered to the south by the Mamore range, and to the north by the highest mountains in the British Isles: Ben Nevis, Càrn Mor Dearg, Aonach Mòr, and Aonach Beag.
Inverlochy
Suburb
Photo: Metrophil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverlochy is a village north of Fort William, Highland, Scotland. Inverlochy is part of the Great Glen Way, a popular hiking and cycling route from Fort William to Inverness.
Grampian Mountains
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.79° or 56° 47′ 24″ northLongitude
-5° or 5° westElevation
2,484 feet (757 metres)Open location code
9C8QQ2Q2+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5594790522OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yiddish—“Grampian Mountains” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Qrampian dağları”
- Basque: “Grampianak”
- Belarusian: “Грампіянскія горы”
- Breton: “Am Monadh”
- Bulgarian: “Грампиански планини”
- Catalan: “Els Grampians”
- Cebuano: “Grampian Mountains”
- Chinese: “格兰扁山脉”
- Chinese: “格蘭扁山脈”
- Czech: “Grampiany”
- Dutch: “Grampian Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال جرامبيان”
- Estonian: “Grampiani mäed”
- Estonian: “Grampiani mäestik”
- Finnish: “Grampianvuoret”
- French: “Grampian Mountains”
- French: “Grampian”
- French: “Grampians”
- French: “Monts Grampians”
- Georgian: “გრამპიანის მთები”
- German: “Grampian Mountains”
- German: “Grampians”
- Hebrew: “הרי גרמפיאן”
- Irish: “Am Monadh”
- Italian: “Monti Grampiani”
- Japanese: “グランピアン山地”
- Japanese: “グランピアン山脈”
- Kazakh: “Грампиандық таулар”
- Ladin: “Grampian Mountains”
- Latvian: “Grempjanu kalni”
- Lithuanian: “Grampiano kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Грампијански Планини”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grampian-fjellene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grampianfjellene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grampian Mountains”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grampian-fjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grampianfjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grampians”
- Norwegian: “Grampian-fjellene”
- Polish: “Grampiany”
- Romanian: “Munţii Grampieni”
- Romanian: “Munții Grampieni”
- Russian: “Грампианские горы”
- Serbian: “Грампијан планине”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grampian”
- Slovak: “Grampiány”
- Slovenian: “Pogorje Grampian”
- Spanish: “Montes Grampianos”
- Swedish: “Grampian Mountains”
- Turkish: “Grampian Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Грампіанські гори”
- Uzbek: “Grampian tog‘lari”
- Uzbek: “Grampian Tog‘lari”
- Uzbek: “Grampian togʻlari”
- Uzbek: “Grampian Togʻlari”
- Venetian: “Monti Grampiani”
- Welsh: “Grampians”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Bannog”
- Welsh: “Mynyddoedd y Grampians”
- Welsh: “Y Grampians”
- Welsh: “Y Mynydd Bannog”
- Western Panjabi: “گریمپئین”
- Yiddish: “גראמפיאן-בערג”
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