The Cairngorms

The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern of Scotland closely associated with the mountain . The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park on 1 September 2003.
Wikipedia
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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.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The Cairngorms are a range of mountains between the and , plus smaller areas of , , and . The national park, established in 2003, is by far the largest in Britain – it's named for the Cairn Gorm…

Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the second-highest mountain in and all of the , after , and the highest of the Cairngorm Mountains. The summit is 1,309 metres above sea level and it is classed as a Munro.

Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of in the county of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lairig an Laoigh and Coire an t-Sneachda.

Locality
The 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 to Deeside at one time being used as a drove road.

Locality
Photo: Nk.sheridan, Public domain.
is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the of the .

The Cairngorms

Latitude
57.06° or 57° 3′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.65° or 3° 39′ west
Elevation
2,559 feet (780 metres)
Open location code
9C9R386X+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5594844824
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
2654064
Wiki­data ID
Q747064
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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”
  • Turkish: “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.

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