Derry Cairngorm
Derry Cairngorm is a Scottish mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of Braemar in the county of Aberdeenshire.Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,789 feet
- Description: 1155m high mountain in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Càrn Gorm an Doire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairngorms National Park and Ben Macdui.
Cairngorms National Park
The Cairngorms are a range of mountains between the Highlands region and Aberdeenshire, plus smaller areas of Angus, Perth and Kinross, and Moray. The national park, established in 2003, is by far the largest in Britain – it's named for the Cairn Gorm…
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.
Beinn Mheadhoin
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beinn Mheadhoin or Beinn Meadhain is a mountain in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a Munro with a height of 1,182 metres and by some counts it is the twelfth-highest mountain of Great Britain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lairig an Laoigh and Coire an t-Sneachda.
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.
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.
Derry Cairngorm
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.06272° or 57° 3′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.62292° or 3° 37′ 23″ westElevation
3,789 feet (1,155 metres)Open location code
9C9R397G+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 304585801OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Derry Cairngorm” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Dutch: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ديرى كايرنجورم”
- German: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Irish: “Cárn Gorm an Doire”
- Irish: “Càrn Gorm an Doire”
- Ladin: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Polish: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Gorm an Doire”
- Swedish: “Derry Cairngorm”
- Welsh: “Càrn Gorm an Doire”
- Welsh: “Derry Cairngorm”
- “Càrn Gorm an Doire”
- “Derry Cairngorm”
- “Derry Cairngorm - Càrn Gorm an Doire”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Sputain Dearg and Coire Etchachan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sgurr an Lochan Uaine and Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan.
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