Shelter Stone
Shelter Stone is a stone in Moray, Scotland. Shelter Stone is situated nearby to the peak Carn Etchachan, as well as near Stacan Dubha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ben Macdui and Cairn Gorm.
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. Ben Macdui is situated 2 miles southwest of Shelter Stone.
Cairn Gorm
Peak
Cairn Gorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of 1,245 m above sea level, Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the sixth-highest mountain in the British Isles. Cairn Gorm is situated 1½ miles north of Shelter Stone.
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. Lairig an Laoigh is situated 2 miles east of Shelter Stone.
Shelter Stone
- Type: Stone
- Category: landform
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.09445° or 57° 5′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.64888° or 3° 38′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C9R39V2+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12762890964OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stone
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