Cairn Toul
Cairn Toul is the 4th-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, Ben Macdui and Braeriach. The summit is 1,291 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,236 feet
- Description: 1291m high mountain in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Càrn an t-Sabhail”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgòr an Lochain Uaine and Ben Macdui.
Sgòr an Lochain Uaine
Peak
Photo: El.Sarmiento, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sgòr an Lochain Uaine is one of the Cairngorms mountains in the Scottish Highlands. Rising to 1,258 metres, by some counts it is the fifth-highest mountain in Scotland.
Ben Macdui
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ben Macdui is the second-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, and the highest of the Cairngorm Mountains. The summit is 1,309 metres above sea level and it is classed as a Munro.
Braeriach
Peak
Braeriach or Brae Riach is the third-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui, rising 1,296 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coire an t-Sneachda and Lairig an Laoigh.
Coire an t-Sneachda
Locality
Photo: Nk.sheridan, Public domain.
Coire an t-Sneachda is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands.
Lairig an Laoigh
Locality
The Lairig an Laoigh is a mountain pass through the Highlands of Scotland. In speech and sometimes in writing the name is reduced to "Lairig Laoigh". It is of glacial origin, dissecting the Cairngorm plateau, and it runs roughly north–south from Speyside to Deeside at one time being used as a drove road. Lairig an Laoigh is situated 5 miles northeast of Cairn Toul.
Cairn Toul
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.05439° or 57° 3′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.7107° or 3° 42′ 39″ westElevation
4,236 feet (1,291 metres)Open location code
9C9R373Q+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 54668524OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cairn Toul” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cairn Toul”
- Cebuano: “Cairn Toul”
- Dutch: “Cairn Toul”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كايرن تول”
- French: “Cairn Toul”
- German: “Cairn Toul”
- Irish: “Cárn an t-Sabhail”
- Irish: “Càrn an t-Sabhail”
- Ladin: “Cairn Toul”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cairn Toul”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cairn Toul”
- Norwegian: “Cairn Toul”
- Polish: “Cairn Toul”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cairn Toul”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Carn an t-Sabhail”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn an t-Sabhail”
- Spanish: “Cairn Toul”
- Swedish: “Cairn Toul”
- Welsh: “Cairn Toul”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lochan Uaine and Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir.
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