Goat Fell
Goat Fell is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 875 metres, it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brodick Castle, is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.Photo: Clydecoast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,684 feet
- Description: Mountain in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Goatfell” and “North Goatfell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cìr Mhòr and Caisteal Abhail.
Cìr Mhòr
Peak
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cìr Mhòr is a Corbett known as the Matterhorn of Arran. Its name means the "big comb", referring its resemblance to a cockscomb. It is separated from the island's highest peak, Goat Fell, by a col called The Saddle.
Caisteal Abhail
Peak
Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caisteal Abhail is a mountain on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. It is the northernmost Corbett on the island. The mountain forms the main part of a view known as The Sleeping Warrior due to its distinctive outline as seen from the mainland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corrie and Sannox.
Corrie
Village
Photo: Clydecoast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corrie is a village on the north east coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, 6 miles north of Brodick. It lies 2 mi due east under the island's highest mountain, Goat Fell.
Sannox
Village
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sannox is a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilbride. The name comes from the name the Vikings gave to the area, Sandvik, meaning the Sandy Bay.
Cladach
Hamlet
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Note: Cladach is a general Scottish Gaelic word for "beach" or "shore" and occurs in many Scottish placenames Cladach is a tiny settlement on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
Goat Fell
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.63264° or 55° 37′ 58″ northLongitude
-5.19465° or 5° 11′ 41″ westElevation
2,684 feet (818 metres)Open location code
9C7PJRM4+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 2318452007OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Goat Fell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Goat Fell”
- Bulgarian: “Гоатфел”
- Catalan: “Goat Fell”
- Cebuano: “Goatfell”
- Chinese: “山羊山丘”
- Danish: “Goat Fell”
- Dutch: “Goat Fell”
- Dutch: “Goatfell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جوات فيل”
- French: “Goat Fell”
- German: “Goat Fell”
- German: “Goatfell”
- Greek: “Γκόατ Φελλ”
- Irish: “Gaoda Bheinn”
- Japanese: “ゴート・フェル山”
- Ladin: “Goat Fell”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Goat Fell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Goat Fell”
- Norwegian: “Goat Fell”
- Romanian: “Goat Fell”
- Russian: “Готфелл”
- Russian: “Гоут-Фелл”
- Russian: “Гоутфелл”
- Scots: “Goat Fell”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gaoda Bheinn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gaoithe Bheinn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gaotbheinn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Goat Fell”
- Spanish: “Gaoda Bheinn”
- Spanish: “Goat Fell”
- Spanish: “Goatfell”
- Swedish: “Goatfell”
- Welsh: “Gaoda Bheinn (Goatfell)”
- Welsh: “Gaoda Bheinn”
- Welsh: “Goatfell”
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Localities in the Area
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