Caledonian Canal
The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include The Sow of Atholl and Sgairneach Mhòr.
The Sow of Atholl
Peak
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The Sow of Atholl is a Scottish hill which is situated 27 kilometres west-northwest of the town of Blair Atholl in Perth and Kinross council area. It stands on the western side of the Pass of Drumochter in a group of hills which lie around Coire Dhomhain.
Sgairneach Mhòr
Peak
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Sgairneach Mhòr is a Scottish mountain which lies in a group of seven Munros near the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and are known as the Drumochter mountains or informerly as the “A9 Munros”. Sgairneach Mhòr is situated 2 miles west of Caledonian Canal.
A’ Mharconaich
Peak
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A' Mharconaich is a mountain near Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. It is a Munro with a height of 975 metres. It is in a group of mountains east of Loch Ericht and west of the A9 road and Pass of Drumochter, and are known accordingly as the Drumochter Hills. A’ Mharconaich is situated 2½ miles northwest of Caledonian Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pass of Drumochter.
Pass of Drumochter
Locality
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The Pass of Drumochter meaning simply 'high ridge' is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland. Pass of Drumochter is situated 1½ miles north of Caledonian Canal.
Caledonian Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Caledonian Canal” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կալեդոնյան ջրանցք”
- Azerbaijani: “Kaledon kanalı”
- Basque: “Kaledoniako ubidea”
- Breton: “Kanol Galedonian”
- Catalan: “Canal de Caledònia”
- Cebuano: “Caledonian Canal (kanal sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Caledonian Canal”
- Chinese: “卡利多尼安運河”
- Chinese: “喀里多尼亚运河”
- Chinese: “喀里多尼亞運河”
- Czech: “Kaledonský kanál”
- Czech: “Kaledonský průplav”
- Dutch: “Caledonian Canal”
- Dutch: “Caledonisch Kanaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة كاليدونيان”
- Esperanto: “Kaledonia Kanalo”
- Estonian: “Kaledoonia kanal”
- Finnish: “Kaledonian kanava”
- French: “Canal caledonien”
- French: “canal calédonien”
- French: “Canal calédonien”
- German: “Caledonian Canal”
- German: “Kaledonischer Kanal”
- Greek: “Διώρυγα της Καληδονίας”
- Hebrew: “התעלה הקלדונית”
- Hungarian: “Kaledóniai-csatorna”
- Irish: “an Chanáil Chaladónach”
- Irish: “An Chanáil Chaladónach”
- Italian: “Canale di Caledonia”
- Japanese: “カレドニアン運河”
- Japanese: “カレドニア運河”
- Lithuanian: “Kaledonijos kanalas”
- Northern Frisian: “Kaledoons Kanool”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caledoniakanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caledonia-kanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caledoniakanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caledonian Canal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caledonske kanal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caledonske kanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den caledonske kanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den kaledonske kanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaledonia-kanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaledoniakanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaledonske kanal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaledonske kanalen”
- Norwegian: “Caledoniakanalen”
- Polish: “Kanał Kaledoński”
- Portuguese: “Canal Caledoniano”
- Russian: “Каледонский канал”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Canàl Cailleanach”
- Serbian: “Каледонијски канал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kaledonijski kanal”
- Slovak: “Kaledónsky prieplav”
- Slovenian: “Caledonian Canal”
- Slovenian: “Kaledonski kanal”
- Slovenian: “Kaledonski prekop”
- Spanish: “Canal de Caledonia”
- Swedish: “Caledonia kanal”
- Swedish: “Caledonian Canal”
- Swedish: “Caledonian kanal”
- Swedish: “Kaledoniska kanalen”
- Thai: “Caledonian Canal”
- Thai: “คลองแคเลโดเนียน”
- Turkish: “Kaledonya Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Каледонський канал”
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