Braeriach
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgòr an Lochain Uaine and Falls of Dee.
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.
Falls of Dee
Waterfall
Photo: Donald Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Falls of Dee is a waterfall on Braeriach in the Cairngorms, 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.
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 east of Braeriach.
Braeriach
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,252 feet
- Description: 1296m high mountain on the Aberdeenshire and Highland border, Scotland, UK
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.07817° or 57° 4′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.72883° or 3° 43′ 44″ westElevation
4,252 feet (1,296 metres)Open location code
9C9R37HC+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 54667662OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Braeriach” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Braeriach”
- Bulgarian: “Браериач”
- Cebuano: “Braeriach”
- Dutch: “Braeriach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل برايرياتش”
- French: “Braeriach”
- German: “Braeriach”
- Irish: “Am Bráigh Riabhach”
- Irish: “Am Bràigh Riabhach”
- Japanese: “ブレリアック”
- Ladin: “Braeriach”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braeriach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Braeriach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bràigh Riabhach”
- Norwegian: “Braeriach”
- Polish: “Braeriach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Braigh Riabhach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Bràigh Riabhach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Braeriach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Braigh Riabhach”
- Spanish: “Braeriach”
- Swedish: “Braeriach”
- Welsh: “Braeriach”
- Western Panjabi: “براریاچ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch Coire an Lochain and Sron na Lairige.
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