Coire Etchachan
Coire Etchachan is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Coire Etchachan is situated nearby to the locality Lairig an Laoigh, as well as near Coire Sputain Dearg.Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinn Mheadhoin and Derry Cairngorm.
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.
Derry Cairngorm
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Derry Cairngorm is a Scottish mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of Braemar in the county of Aberdeenshire.
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 west of Coire Etchachan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lairig an Laoigh and Coire an t-Sneachda.
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.
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. Coire an t-Sneachda is situated 2½ miles northwest of Coire Etchachan.
Coire Etchachan
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.08112° or 57° 4′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.61579° or 3° 36′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C9R39JM+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1402194368OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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