Ben Tongue

Ben Tongue is a peak in Highland Council, Scotland and has an elevation of 991 feet. Ben Tongue is situated nearby to the village Coldbackie, as well as near the hamlet Braetongue.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cnoc an Fhreiceadain and Castle Varrich.

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is a coastal mountain peak in northern Scotland. It is 307 metres high with commanding views along the north coast of Scotland to Orkney in the east to Durness and Arkle in the West.

Castle Varrich

Castle

Castle Varrich is a castle in the far north of the Scottish Highlands, near the village of Tongue. The castle is on a local high point of rock, overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue.

St Andrew’s Church, Tongue

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coldbackie and Tongue.

Coldbackie

Village

Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.

Tongue

Village

Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.

Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836.

Braetongue

Hamlet

Braetongue is an area in northern Sutherland just north of the town of Tongue. Runrig mentions the "hills about Brae Tongue" in the song The Summer Walkers.

Ben Tongue

Type: Peak with an elevation of 991 feet
Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.4951° or 58° 29′ 42″ north

Longitude

-4.39622° or 4° 23′ 46″ west

Elevation

991 feet (302 metres)

Open location code

9CCQFJW3+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2716852130

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12614317

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