Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan

Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 3,635 feet. Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan is situated nearby to the locality Coire Sputain Dearg, as well as near Coire Etchachan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Macdui and Derry Cairngorm.

Ben Macdui

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ben Macdui is the second-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, and the highest of the Cairngorm Mountains. The summit is 1,309 metres above sea level and it is classed as a Munro.

Derry Cairngorm

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Derry Cairngorm is a Scottish mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of Braemar in the county of Aberdeenshire.

Loch Etchachan

Photo: SilentSpike, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Loch Etchachan is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland.

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.

Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan

Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,635 feet
Category: landform
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.07708° or 57° 4′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.63149° or 3° 37′ 53″ west

Elevation

3,635 feet (1,108 metres)

Open location code

9C9R39G9+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1401568122

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12614049

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sgurr an Lochan Uaine and Carn Etchachan.

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