Càrn Eige
Carn Eighe is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Rising to 1,183 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Scotland north of the Great Glen, the twelfth-highest in the British Isles, and, in terms of relative height, it is the second-tallest mountain in the British Isles after Ben Nevis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,881 feet
- Description: 1182m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cairn Eige”, “Carn Eige”, “Carn Eighe”, and “Càrn Eighe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mam Sodhail and Beinn Fhionnlaidh.
Mam Sodhail
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mam Sodhail, or Màm Sabhail in Gaelic, sometimes anglicised "Mam Soul", is a mountain with a height of 1,181 metres in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Beinn Fhionnlaidh
Peak
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beinn Fhionnlaidh is a mountain in the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the south side of Loch Mullardoch, at the end of Glen Cannich, about 60 km west of Inverness.
Càrn Eige
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.28771° or 57° 17′ 16″ northLongitude
-5.11516° or 5° 6′ 55″ westElevation
3,881 feet (1,183 metres)Open location code
9C9P7VQM+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 270089442OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Càrn Eige” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Càrn Eige”
- Cebuano: “Càrn Eige”
- Dutch: “Càrn Eige”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كارن ايج”
- French: “Carn Eige”
- French: “Càrn Eige”
- French: “Carn Eighe”
- French: “Càrn Eighe”
- German: “Càrn Eige”
- German: “Càrn Eighe”
- Irish: “Cárn Eige”
- Irish: “Càrn Eige”
- Irish: “Carn Eighe”
- Irish: “Càrn Èite”
- Ladin: “Càrn Eige”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Càrn Eige”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carn Eige”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cárn Eige”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Càrn Eige”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carn Eighe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cárn Eighe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Càrn Eighe”
- Norwegian: “Càrn Eige”
- Polish: “Carn Eige”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Eige”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Eighe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Èite”
- Spanish: “Carn Eige”
- Spanish: “Càrn Eige”
- Spanish: “Carn Eighe”
- Spanish: “Càrn Eighe”
- Swedish: “Càrn Eige”
- Welsh: “Carn Eige”
- Welsh: “Càrn Eige”
- Welsh: “Càrn Eighe”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Creag na h-Eige and Bealach na h-Eige.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stob Coire Lochan and Stob a‘ Choire Dhomhain.
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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 “Càrn Eige”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.