Creag Riabhach

Creag Riabhach is a hill in Highland Council, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,923 feet. Creag Riabhach is situated nearby to the hamlet Ribigill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Loyal and Sgòr Chaonasaid.

Ben Loyal

Peak

Photo: Terry Jacombs, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ben Loyal is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located south of the Kyle of Tongue and offers good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, and Ben Hope to the west.

Sgòr Chaonasaid

Peak

Photo: Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sgòr Chaonasaid is a peak.

Loch Loyal

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Loyal is a freshwater Scottish loch, located near Lairg in Sutherland, in the northern Highlands. Loch loyal ranges about four miles long by about one half wide, and drops to a depth of two hundred feet. Loch Loyal is situated 2½ miles southeast of Creag Riabhach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braetongue and Tongue.

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. Braetongue is situated 4½ miles north of Creag Riabhach.

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. Tongue is situated 5 miles north of Creag Riabhach.

Creag Riabhach

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,923 feet
Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.40822° or 58° 24′ 30″ north

Longitude

-4.42175° or 4° 25′ 18″ west

Elevation

1,923 feet (586 metres)

Open location code

9CCQCH5H+77

GeoNames ID

12616586

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