The Sow of Atholl
The Sow of Atholl is a Scottish hill which is situated 27 kilometres west-northwest of the town of Blair Atholl in Perth and Kinross council area. It stands on the western side of the Pass of Drumochter in a group of hills which lie around Coire Dhomhain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgairneach Mhòr and A’ Mharconaich.
Sgairneach Mhòr
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sgairneach Mhòr is a Scottish mountain which lies in a group of seven Munros near the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and are known as the Drumochter mountains or informerly as the “A9 Munros”.
A’ Mharconaich
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A' Mharconaich is a mountain near Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. It is a Munro with a height of 975 metres. It is in a group of mountains east of Loch Ericht and west of the A9 road and Pass of Drumochter, and are known accordingly as the Drumochter Hills.
Loch Garry
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Garry is a large upland freshwater loch located in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, within the Forest of Atholl just to the south of the Cairngorms National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pass of Drumochter.
Pass of Drumochter
Locality
Photo: Samoht2188, Public domain.
The Pass of Drumochter meaning simply 'high ridge' is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland.
The Sow of Atholl
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,635 feet
- Description: mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.8381° or 56° 50′ 17″ northLongitude
-4.2552° or 4° 15′ 19″ westElevation
2,635 feet (803 metres)Open location code
9C8QRPQV+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 611774822OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q7765606
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“The Sow of Atholl” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “The Sow of Atholl”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ذا سو اوف اثول”
- German: “The Sow of Atholl”
- Irish: “Meall an Dobharchain”
- Ladin: “The Sow of Atholl”
- Welsh: “The Sow of Atholl”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Sow of Atholl”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.