Cùl Beag
Cùl Beag is a mountain in Coigach, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is 15 km north of Ullapool and lies to the south of Cùl Mòr, and to the east of the better-known but lower Stac Pollaidh.Photo: Foxie001, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,523 feet
- Description: mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Coulbeg” and “Cul Beag”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stac Pollaidh and Cùl Mòr.
Stac Pollaidh
Peak
Photo: Amtiskaw, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Stac Pollaidh is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies.
Cùl Mòr
Peak
Photo: Foxie001, Public domain.
Cùl Mòr is a shapely, twin summit mountain in the historic county of Sutherland in the far north west of Scotland whose higher summit is the highest point of Inverpolly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elphin and Inverpolly.
Elphin
Hamlet
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elphin is a crofting township in Assynt, in the Sutherland area of Highland in Scotland. It lies about 15 miles north of Ullapool. The village contains a telephone box, a post box, a tearoom, a Scottish Mountaineering Club Hut, Grampian Speleological Group Hut, a small caravan site and many self-catering options. Elphin is situated 5 miles northeast of Cùl Beag.
Inverpolly
Locality
Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans. Inverpolly is situated 6 miles northwest of Cùl Beag.
North West Highlands Geopark
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North West Highlands Geopark is a UNESCO Geopark in Caithness and Sutherland in the north-west Scottish Highlands. The 2,000 km2 Geopark has coastal cliffs, beaches, mountains caves and waterfalls and a variety of unique geological features.
Cùl Beag
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.02949° or 58° 1′ 46″ northLongitude
-5.15108° or 5° 9′ 4″ westElevation
2,523 feet (769 metres)Open location code
9CCP2RHX+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 651302268OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cùl Beag” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cùl Beag”
- Cebuano: “Cùl Beag”
- Dutch: “Cùl Beag”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كول بياج”
- Irish: “Cúl Beag”
- Ladin: “Cùl Beag”
- Scots: “Cùl Beag”
- Swedish: “Cùl Beag”
- Welsh: “Cul Beag”
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