Sgòr Gaoith
Sgòr Gaoith is a mountain peak in the far western massif of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. It is 1,118 metres high, and is the highest point on a long north-south ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ericoides, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,668 feet
- Description: Scottish mountain
- Also known as: “Sgor Gaoith”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Einich.
Loch Einich
Photo: Donald Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Einich or Loch Eanaich is a remote freshwater loch in Gleann Einich, in the Cairngorms National Park of Highland Scotland. It is some 2.5 kilometres to the west of Braeriach and its outflow is the Am Beanaidh burn, flowing north through the glen towards Coylumbridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Insh and Kincraig.
Insh
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Insh is a village in Highland, Scotland that lies on the east coast of the Insh Marshes. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey area, around 3+1⁄2 miles east of Kingussie, in the Spey valley. Insh is situated 6 miles west of Sgòr Gaoith.
Kincraig
Village
Photo: Paul Beard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kincraig is a village located north of Kingussie and south of Aviemore in Highland, Scotland. Its original name was Boat of Inch, reflecting the ferry boat crossing of the Spey River that once operated here but the name was changed after a single track bridge was erected in 1871. Kincraig is situated 6 miles northwest of Sgòr Gaoith.
Sgòr Gaoith
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.06859° or 57° 4′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.81093° or 3° 48′ 39″ westElevation
3,668 feet (1,118 metres)Open location code
9C9R359Q+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 382983081OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sgòr Gaoith” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sgor Gaoith”
- Dutch: “Sgòr Gaoith”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سجور جاويث”
- German: “Sgòr Gaoith”
- Hungarian: “Sgòr Gaoith”
- Irish: “Sgór Gaoith”
- Ladin: “Sgòr Gaoith”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sgor Gaoith”
- Polish: “Sgor Gaoith”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sgòr Gaoith”
- Swedish: “Sgor Gaoith”
- Welsh: “Sgor Gaoith”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gleann Einich and Coire Bhrochain.
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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 “Sgòr Gaoith”. Photo: Ericoides, Public domain.