Beinn a‘ Chaorainn Bheag

Beinn a‘ Chaorainn Bheag is a peak in Moray, Scotland and has an elevation of 3,337 feet. Beinn a‘ Chaorainn Bheag is situated nearby to the locality Coire Ruairidh, as well as near Lairig an Laoigh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beinn a‘ Chaorainn and Beinn Mheadhoin.

Beinn a‘ Chaorainn

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beinn a' Chaorainn is a Scottish mountain in the heart of the Cairngorms range. It is quite a remote hill, being located roughly 19 kilometres south east of Aviemore and 14 kilometres north west of Braemar.

Beinn Mheadhoin

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Beinn a’ Bhùird

Peak

Photo: TheCreator, Public domain.

Beinn a' Bhùird is a Munro in the Cairngorm mountain range of Scotland. In Watson the author suggests the mountain should be named Beinn Bòrd – table hill, saying that local Scottish Gaelic speakers pronounced the mountain Paing Bòrd, with some of the older local folk still using Painna Bòrd.

Places in the Area

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

Lairig an Laoigh

Locality

The Lairig an Laoigh 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 Cairngorm plateau, and it runs roughly north–south from Speyside to Deeside at one time being used as a drove road.

Coire an t-Sneachda

Locality

Photo: Nk.sheridan, Public domain.

Coire an t-Sneachda is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands.

Beinn a‘ Chaorainn Bheag

Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,337 feet
Category: landform
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.09646° or 57° 5′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.55719° or 3° 33′ 26″ west

Elevation

3,337 feet (1,017 metres)

Open location code

9C9R3CWV+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1537480288

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12612477

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Localities in the Area

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