Sgairneach Mhòr
Sgairneach Mhòr is a Scottish mountain which lies in a group of seven Munros near the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and are known as the Drumochter mountains or informerly as the “A9 Munros”.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,251 feet
- Description: mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sgairneach Mhor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinn Udlamain and The Sow of Atholl.
Beinn Udlamain
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Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beinn Udlamain is a Scottish mountain which stands just to the west of the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and east of Loch Ericht, some 30 km west-northwest of the village of Blair Atholl.
The Sow of Atholl
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sow of Atholl is a Scottish hill which is situated 27 kilometres west-northwest of the town of Blair Atholl in Perth and Kinross council area. It stands on the western side of the Pass of Drumochter in a group of hills which lie around Coire Dhomhain.
A’ Mharconaich
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A' Mharconaich is a mountain near Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. It is a Munro with a height of 975 metres. It is in a group of mountains east of Loch Ericht and west of the A9 road and Pass of Drumochter, and are known accordingly as the Drumochter Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pass of Drumochter.
Pass of Drumochter
Locality
Photo: Samoht2188, Public domain.
The Pass of Drumochter meaning simply 'high ridge' is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland.
Sgairneach Mhòr
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.82855° or 56° 49′ 43″ northLongitude
-4.29768° or 4° 17′ 52″ westElevation
3,251 feet (991 metres)Open location code
9C8QRPH2+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 273889197OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sgairneach Mhòr” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Dutch: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سجايرنياتش مهور”
- German: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Irish: “Sgairneach Mhór”
- Ladin: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Polish: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Swedish: “Sgairneach Mhòr”
- Welsh: “Sgairneach Mhor”
Localities in the Area
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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 “Sgairneach Mhòr”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.