An Coire

An Coire is a peak in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland and has an elevation of 784 feet. An Coire is situated nearby to the village Skipness, as well as near the hamlet Claonaig.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skipness Castle.

Skipness Castle

Photo: Iwoelbern, Public domain.

Skipness Castle stands on the east side of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, near the village of Skipness. Together with the nearby Kilbrannan Chapel it is a scheduled monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skipness and Whitehouse.

Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.

Whitehouse

Hamlet

Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitehouse is a hamlet on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located around 5.5 miles southwest of Tarbert and around 25 miles north of Campbeltown.

Torinturk

Hamlet

Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed. Torinturk is situated 5 miles northwest of An Coire.

An Coire

Type: Peak with an elevation of 784 feet
Category: landform
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.77788° or 55° 46′ 40″ north

Longitude

-5.38202° or 5° 22′ 55″ west

Elevation

784 feet (239 metres)

Open location code

9C7PQJH9+55

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3626972409

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12617172

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Localities in the Area

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