Arkle
Arkle is a mountain in Sutherland, in the far north-west corner of the Scottish Highlands. Like its sister Foinaven, the mountain is made up of glistening white Cambrian quartzite, laid down around 530 million years ago on an uneven basement of much older Lewisian gneiss.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,582 feet
- Description: 787m high mountain in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Arcuil” and “Ben Arkle”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achfary and Rhiconich.
Achfary
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achfary is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Highland. To the east of the village lies Loch nan Ealachan. It is owned by the Grosvenor Estate and is renowned for its unusual black and white telephone box, erected in the 1960s.
Rhiconich
Hamlet
Rhiconich is a remote hamlet, located at the head of Loch Inchard, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands in the Scottish council area of Highland. Rhiconich is situated 3 miles north-east of Laxford Bridge and 11 miles south-west of Durness on the A838 road. Rhiconich is situated 5 miles northwest of Arkle.
Achlyness
Hamlet
Achlyness is a crofting hamlet on the shores of Loch Inchard, located near Rhiconich, Sutherland, Scotland, within the council area of Highland. Achlyness is situated 5 miles northwest of Arkle.
Arkle
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.37108° or 58° 22′ 16″ northLongitude
-4.90366° or 4° 54′ 13″ westElevation
2,582 feet (787 metres)Open location code
9CCQ93CW+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 611177597OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Arkle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Arkle”
- Cebuano: “Ben Arkle”
- Dutch: “Arkle”
- Dutch: “Ben Arkle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اركل”
- Galician: “Monte Arkle”
- German: “Arkle”
- Ladin: “Arkle”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arkle”
- Swedish: “Arkle”
- Welsh: “Arkle”
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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 “Arkle”. Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.