Càrn Mòr Dearg
Càrn Mòr Dearg is the ninth-highest mountain in Scotland and the British Isles, with a height of 1,220 metres. It stands a short distance northeast of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain, to which it is linked by the Càrn Mòr Dearg arête.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,003 feet
- Description: 1220m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Carn Mor Dearg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Nevis and Càrn Dearg Meadhonach.
Ben Nevis
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom, at 1344.527 m / 4413 ft - it gained about a metre during a 2016 official survey. It's near the town of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, at the southwest end of the Great Glen.
Aonach Mòr
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aonach Mòr is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is located about two miles northeast of Ben Nevis on the south side of Glen Spean, near Fort William.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achriabhach and Glen Nevis.
Achriabhach
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achriabhach is a hamlet in Glen Nevis, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. Achriabhach is adjacent to the Ben Nevis Site of Special Scientific Interest as designated by Scottish Natural Heritage.
Glen Nevis
Village
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
Glen Nevis is a glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with Fort William at its foot. It is bordered to the south by the Mamore range, and to the north by the highest mountains in the British Isles: Ben Nevis, Càrn Mor Dearg, Aonach Mòr, and Aonach Beag.
Inverlochy
Suburb
Photo: Metrophil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverlochy is a village north of Fort William, Highland, Scotland. Inverlochy is part of the Great Glen Way, a popular hiking and cycling route from Fort William to Inverness.
Càrn Mòr Dearg
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.80525° or 56° 48′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.98666° or 4° 59′ 12″ westElevation
4,003 feet (1,220 metres)Open location code
9C8QR247+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 8870272OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=cairnOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
8604982Wikidata ID
Q3009632
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Càrn Mòr Dearg” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Cebuano: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Dutch: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كارن مور ديارج”
- French: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- German: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Irish: “Cárn Mór Dearg”
- Irish: “Càrn Mór Dearg”
- Ladin: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Norwegian: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Polish: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Swedish: “Càrn Mòr Dearg”
- Welsh: “Carn Mor Dearg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Leis and Coire Giubhsachan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carn Beag Dearg and Aonach Beag.
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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 “Càrn Mòr Dearg”. Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.