Glencoe
Glencoe or Glencoe Village is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 312 residents
- Description: main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands
- Also known as: “Carnoch”, “Glencoe Village”, and “Glencoe, Highland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Massacre of Glencoe Monument and Henderson Stone.
Massacre of Glencoe Monument
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Massacre of Glencoe Monument is a memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe, which took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689–92.
Henderson Stone
Memorial
Photo: Suzanne Henderson Emerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Henderson Stone is a granite boulder in a field in the Glencoe area of Scotland. Clach Eanruig is translated alternatively as Henderson Stone or Henry's Stone.
Glencoe House
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Glencoe House is a category B listed four-storey Victorian estate house in Glencoe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Ballachulish and Aonach Eagach.
North Ballachulish
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Ballachulish is a village, which is situated 3 miles west of Glencoe.
Aonach Eagach
Locality
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aonach Eagach is a large mountain ridge in the Scottish Highlands, marking the northern edge of Glen Coe. It stretches east–west for several miles and includes two Munro summits: Sgùrr nam Fiannaidh at 967 m high, and Meall Dearg at 952 m high. Aonach Eagach is situated 3½ miles east of Glencoe.
Glenachulish
Village
Glenachulish is a hamlet and glen which lie close to the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. Glenachulish is situated 3½ miles west of Glencoe.
Glencoe
- Categories: human settlement, waterfall, and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.68277° or 56° 40′ 58″ northLongitude
-5.10146° or 5° 6′ 5″ westPopulation
312Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C8PMVMX+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 25706756OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7874330Wikidata ID
Q956688
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Glencoe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glencoe”
- Breton: “A’ Chàrnaich”
- Catalan: “Glencoe”
- Cebuano: “Glencoe, Scotland”
- Cebuano: “Glencoe”
- Chinese: “格伦科”
- Dutch: “Glencoe”
- Estonian: “Glencoe”
- French: “Glencoe”
- German: “Glencoe”
- Irish: “Gleann Comhann”
- Italian: “Glencoe”
- Japanese: “グレンコー”
- Polish: “Glen Coe”
- Polish: “Glencoe”
- Russian: “Гленко”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Comhann”
- Slovak: “Glencoe”
- Slovenian: “Glencoe”
- Spanish: “Glencoe”
- Swedish: “Glencoe, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Glencoe”
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Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Glencoe Folk Museum.
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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 “Glencoe”. Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.