Carn an Tuirc
Carn an Tuirc is a mountain in the Mounth region of the Grampian Mountains, in the Scottish Highlands. It is about two miles from the Glenshee Ski Centre near Braemar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,343 feet
- Description: 1019m high mountain in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Càrn an Tuirc”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairn of Claise and Glas Maol.
Cairn of Claise
Peak
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairn of Claise is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about three miles from the Glenshee Ski Center near Braemar. It has an elevation of 1,063.1 m and a prominence of 118.9 m and is a Munro.
Glas Maol
Peak
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glas Maol is a mountain in the Mounth, in the southeastern part of the Highlands of Scotland. The broad, flat summit is divided between the council area of Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perth and Kinross, though the highest point lies wholly within Angus; indeed Glas Maol is the highest point in that council area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchallater.
Auchallater
Hamlet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchallater is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies along the A93 road, to the south of Braemar. Auchallater is situated 5 miles north of Carn an Tuirc.
Carn an Tuirc
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.90817° or 56° 54′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.35767° or 3° 21′ 28″ westElevation
3,343 feet (1,019 metres)Open location code
9C8RWJ5R+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 487767398OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Carn an Tuirc” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carn an Tuirc”
- Dutch: “Carn an Tuirc”
- Dutch: “Càrn an Tuirc”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كارن ان تويرك”
- German: “Càrn an Tuirc”
- Irish: “Càrn an Tuirc”
- Ladin: “Càrn an Tuirc”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn an Tuirc”
- Swedish: “Carn an Tuirc”
- Welsh: “Carn an Tuirc”
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Highlights include Loch Kander and Sron na Gaoithe.
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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 “Carn an Tuirc”. Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.