Rannoch Moor

Rannoch Moor is an expanse of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in , covering 50 square miles. Parts of it lie in other regions but the focus of this page is its remote centre, devoid of fields, dwellings or public roads.
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  • Type: territory
  • Description: boggy moorland and protected area in northern Scotland
  • Also known as: “Mointeach Raineach”, “Mòinteach Raineach”, “Moor of Rannoch”, and “Raithneach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corrour railway station and Leum Uilleim.

Railway station
Photo: Gerald England, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the West Highland Line, near on the , in the council area of . It is the highest mainline railway station in the at an elevation of 1,340 feet above sea level.

Peak
Photo: Canthusus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain in Lochaber, , which appeared in the film Trainspotting. It is situated about 3 km south-west of the remote , but is considerably further from any road.

Peak
Photo: Dreamer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Rannoch Moor

Latitude
56.7517° or 56° 45′ 6″ north
Longitude
-4.6949° or 4° 41′ 42″ west
Open location code
9C8QQ824+M2
Wiki­data ID
Q1773123
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Satellite Map

Discover Rannoch Moor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Rannoch Moor” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rannoch Moor”
  • Breton: “Mòinteach Raineach”
  • Chinese: “兰诺克摩尔”
  • Cornish: “Mòinteach Raineach”
  • Dutch: “Rannoch Moor”
  • Finnish: “Rannoch Moor”
  • French: “Rannoch Moor”
  • German: “Rannoch Moor”
  • Irish: “Móinteach Raineach”
  • Irish: “Mòinteach Raineach”
  • Irish: “Raithneach”
  • Manx: “Mòinteach Raineach”
  • Polish: “Rannoch Moor”
  • Russian: “Раннох-Мур”
  • Scots: “Rannoch Muir”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mòinteach Raineach”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Raithneach”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rannoch Moor”
  • Spanish: “Rannoch Moor”
  • Welsh: “Mòinteach Raineach”
  • Welsh: “Raithneach”
  • Welsh: “Rannoch Moor”

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