The Cairngorms
The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park on 1 September 2003.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,559 feet
- Description: mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cairngorm Mountains”, “Cairngorms”, and “Cairngorms Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairngorms National Park and Ben Macdui.
Cairngorms National Park
The Cairngorms are a range of mountains between the Highlands region and Aberdeenshire, plus smaller areas of Angus, Perth and Kinross, and Moray. The national park, established in 2003, is by far the largest in Britain – it's named for the Cairn Gorm…
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.
Derry Cairngorm
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Derry Cairngorm is a Scottish mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of Braemar in the county of Aberdeenshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lairig an Laoigh and Coire an t-Sneachda.
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.
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.
The Cairngorms
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.06° or 57° 3′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.65° or 3° 39′ westElevation
2,559 feet (780 metres)Open location code
9C9R386X+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 5594844824OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“The Cairngorms” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cairngorms”
- Breton: “Am Monadh Ruadh”
- Catalan: “Cairngorms”
- Cebuano: “Cairngorms Mountains”
- Chinese: “凱恩戈姆山脈”
- Czech: “Cairngorms”
- Czech: “Cairngormské pohoří”
- Dutch: “Cairngorms”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيرنجورمز”
- French: “Cairngorms”
- German: “Cairngorms”
- Irish: “Am Monadh Ruadh”
- Italian: “Cairngorm”
- Japanese: “ケアンゴーム山地”
- Ladin: “Cairngorms”
- Macedonian: “Кернгормс”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cairngorms”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cairngorms”
- Norwegian: “Cairngorms”
- Polish: “Cairngorm”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Monadh Ruadh”
- Slovenian: “Cairngorms”
- Spanish: “Cairngorms”
- Swedish: “Cairngorm”
- Swedish: “Cairngorms Mountains”
- Swedish: “Cairngorms”
- Venetian: “Cairngorm”
- Welsh: “Cairngorms”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Sputain Dearg and Coire Mor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sapper’s Bothy and Clach nan Taillear.
Scotland: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “The Cairngorms”. Photo: TheCreator, Public domain.