Lochan Uaine

Lochan Uaine is in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Lochan Uaine is situated nearby to the peak Derry Cairngorm, as well as near Creagan a‘ Choire Etchachan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cairngorms National Park and Derry Cairngorm.

Cairngorms National Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

The Cairngorms are a range of mountains between the Highlands region and Aberdeenshire, plus smaller areas of Angus, Perth and Kinross, and Moray. The national park, established in 2003, is by far the largest in Britain – it's named for the Cairn Gorm…

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 2½ miles west of Lochan Uaine.

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 3½ miles northwest of Lochan Uaine.

Lochan Uaine

Type: Body of water
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.06767° or 57° 4′ 4″ north

Longitude

-3.60807° or 3° 36′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C9R399R+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137600148

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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