Glencoe
Glencoe is a hauntingly scenic valley in the western Scottish Highlands, a branch of The Great Glen which carves coast to coast. It's also the name of the village at its foot, where the glen meets the sea at Loch Leven.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 499 feet
- Description: glen in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Glen Coe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pap of Glencoe and Massacre of Glencoe Monument.
Pap of Glencoe
Peak
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The Pap of Glencoe is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies at the western end of the Aonach Eagach ridge, directly above the point where the River Coe enters Loch Leven.
Massacre of Glencoe Monument
Memorial
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The Massacre of Glencoe Monument is a memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe, which took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689–92.
Clachaig Inn
Guest house
Photo: John Armitstead, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Clachaig Inn is a hotel and pub in Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is popular with walkers and climbers who come to visit the surrounding mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencoe and Aonach Eagach.
Glencoe
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glencoe or Glencoe Village is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven.
Aonach Eagach
Locality
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aonach Eagach is a large mountain ridge in the Scottish Highlands, marking the northern edge of Glen Coe. It stretches east–west for several miles and includes two Munro summits: Sgùrr nam Fiannaidh at 967 m high, and Meall Dearg at 952 m high.
Glencoe
- Categories: glen and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Glencoe” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Glen Coe”
- Basque: “Glen Coe”
- Breton: “Gleann Comhann”
- Catalan: “Glen Coe”
- Cebuano: “Glen Coe”
- Chinese: “格伦谷”
- Czech: “Glen Coe”
- Dutch: “Glen Coe”
- Estonian: “Glen Coe”
- Finnish: “Glen Coe”
- French: “Glen Coe”
- German: “Glen Coe”
- Hungarian: “Glencoe-völgy”
- Indonesian: “Glen Coe”
- Irish: “Gleann Comhann”
- Italian: “Glen Coe”
- Italian: “Glencoe”
- Japanese: “グレン・コー”
- Korean: “글렌코”
- Latvian: “Glenko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glen Coe”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Glen Coe”
- Persian: “گلن کو”
- Polish: “Glen Coe”
- Portuguese: “Glen Coe”
- Russian: “Гленко”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Comhann”
- Spanish: “Glen Coe”
- Swedish: “Glen Coe”
- Venetian: “Glencoe”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Glencoe”. Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.