East Cairn Hill
East Cairn Hill is a hill in the Pentland Hills range of Scotland. With a height of 567 m, it is the highest hill in the City of Edinburgh council area and is located on the western flank of the approximately 20 mi long chain of hills.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Cairn Hill and Cock Rig.
West Cairn Hill
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cairn Hill is a hill in the Pentland Hills range of Scotland. With a height of 562 m, it is the fifth highest elevation and lies on the western flank of the approximately 20 mi long chain of hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carlops and Nine Mile Burn.
Carlops
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carlops is a small village in the Pentland Hills, within the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, close to the boundary with Midlothian. It lies between West Linton and Penicuik.
Nine Mile Burn
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nine Mile Burn is a hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland, the last in Midlothian when heading south on the A702 road. It is located at the foot of the Pentland Hills, near Penicuik and about 2 km north-east of the village of Carlops.
Silverburn
Hamlet
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silverburn is a small hamlet near Penicuik, in Midlothian, south-east Scotland. It has a small community centre, with a garden surrounding the hall, which featured on the BBC Television programme The Beechgrove Garden in June 2008. Silverburn is situated 4½ miles east of East Cairn Hill.
East Cairn Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,860 feet
- Description: hill in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.8192° or 55° 49′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.3925° or 3° 23′ 33″ westElevation
1,860 feet (567 metres)Open location code
9C7RRJ95+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 363604910OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“East Cairn Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “East Cairn Hill”
- Dutch: “East Cairn Hill”
- German: “East Cairn Hill”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Gundukan Timur”
- Swedish: “East Cairn Hill”
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