Cuillin
The Cuillin is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also called the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin, which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,129 feet
- Description: mountain range on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Coolin Hills” and “Cuillin Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgùrr Alasdair and Sgùrr MhicChoinnich.
Sgùrr Alasdair
Peak
Photo: A‘ chachaileith, Public domain.
Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest peak of the Black Cuillin, and the highest peak on the Isle of Skye and in the Inner Hebrides, and indeed in all the Scottish islands, at 992 m.
Sgùrr MhicChoinnich
Peak
Photo: Carol Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sgùrr MhicChoinnich is a mountain on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is in the Black Cuillin range of mountains and is classified as a Munro. Like all the other Black Cuillin mountains it is made predominantly of gabbro rock and has little vegetation.
Sgùrr Dearg
Peak
Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sgùrr Dearg is a mountain in the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is topped by the Inaccessible Pinnacle, a fin of rock measuring 50 metres along its longest edge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenbrittle and Bualintur.
Glenbrittle
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenbrittle is a remote area of Skye. It is most useful as a base for walking and climbing the Black Cuillin, including the famous "Inaccessible Pinnacle".
Bualintur
Hamlet
Photo: Ross Young, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bualintur is a remote township, which lies at the head of Loch Brittle on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Bualintur is situated 3 miles west of Cuillin.
Camasunary
Locality
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Camasunary is a bay on the Strathaird peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Camasunary is the Scots form of the Gaelic name Camas Fhionnairigh, and means "Bay of the White Shieling". The township has about 10 ruined houses. Camasunary is situated 4 miles southeast of Cuillin.
Cuillin
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cuillin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cuillin”
- Breton: “An Cuiltheann”
- Cebuano: “Cuillin Hills”
- Chinese: “庫林丘陵”
- Cornish: “Menydhyow an Cuiltheann”
- Czech: “Cuillin”
- Dutch: “Black Cuillin”
- Dutch: “Cuillin Hills”
- Dutch: “Red Hills”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كويلن”
- French: “An Cuiltheann”
- French: “An Cuilthionn”
- French: “Cuillin”
- French: “Skye Cuillin”
- German: “Cuillin Hills”
- German: “Cuillin”
- Irish: “An Cuiltheann”
- Italian: “Cuillin”
- Ladin: “Cuillin”
- Macedonian: “Кулин”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cuillin Hills”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cuillin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cuiltheann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cuilthionn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cuillin”
- Spanish: “Cuillin”
- Swedish: “Cuillin Hills”
- Venetian: “Cuillin”
- Welsh: “Cuillin”
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