Beinn a‘ Chaorainn

Beinn a' Chaorainn is a mountain in the heart of the range. It is quite a remote hill, being located roughly 19 kilometres south east of and 14 kilometres north west of .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,553 feet
  • Description: 1083m mountain in Aberdeenshire and Moray, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: Beinn a’ Chaorainn

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beinn Mheadhoin and Loch A’an.

Peak
or Beinn Meadhain is a mountain in the of . It is a Munro with a height of 1,182 metres and by some counts it is the twelfth-highest mountain of .

Loch A'an is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central plateau, in the , located in the eastern of .

is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central plateau, in the , located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lairig an Laoigh and Coire an t-Sneachda.

Locality
The 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 plateau, and it runs roughly north–south from to Deeside at one time being used as a drove road.

Locality
Photo: Nk.sheridan, Public domain.
is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the of the .

Beinn a‘ Chaorainn

Latitude
57.09333° or 57° 5′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.57759° or 3° 34′ 39″ west
Elevation
3,553 feet (1,083 metres)
Open location code
9C9R3CVC+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304582672
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
8593892
Wiki­data ID
Q3403899
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Beinn a‘ Chaorainn” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Beinn a‘ Chaorainn
  • Cebuano: Beinn a’ Chaorainn
  • Dutch: Beinn a‘ Chaorainn
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل بين ا تشاوراين
  • German: Beinn a’ Chaorainn (Cairngorms)
  • German: Beinn a’ Chaorainn
  • Ladin: Beinn a‘ Chaorainn
  • Ladin: Beinn a’ Chaorainn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Beinn a‘ Chaorainn i Cairngorms
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Beinn a’ Chaorainn i Cairngorms
  • Polish: Jarzębinowa Góra
  • Russian: Бенн-а-Хаорейн
  • Scottish Gaelic: Beinn a‘ Chaorainn
  • Swedish: Beinn a‘ Chaorainn
  • Swedish: Beinn a’ Chaorainn
  • Welsh: Beinn a’Chaorainn

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Coire Etchachan and Coire Ruairidh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dubh Lochán and Beinn a‘ Chaorainn Bheag.

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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 “Beinn a‘ Chaorainn”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.