Loch Etchachan
Loch Etchachan is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, outflows east to Little Loch Etchachan
- Also known as: “Loch Etichan” and “Loch Euchan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Macdui and Beinn Mheadhoin.
Ben Macdui
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Beinn Mheadhoin
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beinn Mheadhoin or Beinn Meadhain is a mountain in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a Munro with a height of 1,182 metres and by some counts it is the twelfth-highest mountain of Great Britain.
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 Lairig an Laoigh and Coire an t-Sneachda.
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. Lairig an Laoigh is situated 1½ miles east of Loch Etchachan.
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. Coire an t-Sneachda is situated 2 miles northwest of Loch Etchachan.
Loch Etchachan
- Category: lake
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.08311° or 57° 4′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.63823° or 3° 38′ 18″ westElevation
3,031 feet (924 metres)Open location code
9C9R39M6+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 27737416OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Etchachan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Etchachan”
- French: “loch Etchachan”
- French: “Loch Etchachan”
- German: “Loch Etchachan”
- Swedish: “Loch Etchachan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Etchachan and Coire Sputain Dearg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carn Etchachan and Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan.
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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 “Loch Etchachan”. Photo: SilentSpike, CC BY-SA 4.0.