Carn Etchachan

Carn Etchachan is a peak in Moray, Scotland and has an elevation of 3,675 feet. Carn Etchachan is situated nearby to the locality Coire Domhain, as well as near Coire Sputain Dearg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Macdui and Loch Etchachan.

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.

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.

Beinn Mheadhoin

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beinn Mheadhoin or Beinn Meadhain is a mountain in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a Munro with a height of 1,182 metres and by some counts it is the twelfth-highest mountain of Great Britain.

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.

Carn Etchachan

Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,675 feet
Category: landform
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.0883° or 57° 5′ 18″ north

Longitude

-3.64662° or 3° 38′ 48″ west

Elevation

3,675 feet (1,120 metres)

Open location code

9C9R39Q3+89

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5789805351

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12622474

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Localities in the Area

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