Canisp
Canisp is a mountain in the far north west of Scotland. It is situated in the parish of Assynt, in the county of Sutherland, 25 kilometres north of the town of Ullapool.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North West Highlands Geopark and Inchnadamph.
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.
Inchnadamph
Hamlet
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inchnadamph is a hamlet in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning "meadow of the stags". Assynt is a remote area with a low population density.
Canisp
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,779 feet
- Description: mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.12121° or 58° 7′ 16″ northLongitude
-5.05256° or 5° 3′ 9″ westElevation
2,779 feet (847 metres)Open location code
9CCP4WCW+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 651297921OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Canisp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Canisp” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Canisp”
- Dutch: “Canisp”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كانيسپ”
- German: “Canisp”
- Irish: “Canasp”
- Ladin: “Canisp”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Canisp”
- Swedish: “Canisp”
- Welsh: “Canasp”
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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 “Canisp”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.