Sron na Lairige

Sron na Lairige is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 3,885 feet. Sron na Lairige is situated nearby to the locality Coire Bhrochain, as well as near Coire Mor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Braeriach and Lairig Ghru.

Braeriach

Peak

Braeriach or Brae Riach is the third-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui, rising 1,296 metres above sea level.

Lairig Ghru

Mountain saddle

Photo: TheCreator, Public domain.

The Lairig Ghru is one of the mountain passes through the Cairngorms of Scotland. The route and mountain pass partially lies on the Mar Lodge Estate. Like many traditional routes, the ends of the route through the Lairig Ghru are like the ends of a frayed rope.

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.

Places in the Area

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

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.

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.

Sron na Lairige

Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,885 feet
Category: landform
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.08481° or 57° 5′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.71047° or 3° 42′ 38″ west

Elevation

3,885 feet (1,184 metres)

Open location code

9C9R37MQ+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5896102079

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12616496

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