The Great Slab
The Great Slab is in Moray, Scotland. The Great Slab is situated nearby to the peak Cairn Lochan, as well as near the locality Coire an t-Sneachda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cairn Gorm and Ben Macdui.
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 northeast of The Great Slab.
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 2½ miles south of The Great Slab.
Lairig Ghru
Mountain saddle
Photo: TheCreator, Public domain.
The Lairig Ghru is one of the mountain passes through the Cairngorms of Scotland. The route and mountain pass partially lies on the Mar Lodge Estate. Like many traditional routes, the ends of the route through the Lairig Ghru are like the ends of a frayed rope.
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 3½ miles east of The Great Slab.
The Great Slab
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.1038° or 57° 6′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.67817° or 3° 40′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C9R483C+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1102601830OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cairn Lochan and Stob Coire an t-Sneachda.
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