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Quinag

Quinag is an 808 m high mountain range in in the , with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milk pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kylesku Bridge and An Dun.

Bridge
Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in northwest Scotland that crosses Caolas Cumhann; the channel that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu with in .

Archaeological site
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an Iron Age broch or dun at the south-east of Loch Ardbhair, Highland, Scotland, UK. stands on an isolated rock at the south end of Loch Ardbhair, a sea inlet, and on its eastern shore, about 100 foot from the mainland, to which it is connected by a rough causeway of boulders, now part displaced.

Peak
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain in the of Scotland. It lies in the Assynt area of , in the far north of the country. A steep and rugged mountain in its own right, Britain's highest waterfall, the , falls from its slopes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kylesku and Kylestrome.

Hamlet
Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.
is a fishing hamlet in in the . Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann, Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the west of the village that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendubh to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin.

Hamlet
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is a village on the north shore of , 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in , and is in the council area of Highland.

Hamlet
is a small village, which lies on the western head of Loch in , western , and is in the council area of Highland.

Quinag

Latitude
58.2198° or 58° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
-5.0601° or 5° 3′ 37″ west
Open location code
9CCP6W9Q+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1461884959
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q2219266
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Quinag” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Quinag”
  • Dutch: “Quinag”
  • German: “Quinag”
  • Irish: “A’ Chuineag”
  • Irish: “A’ Chuinneag”
  • Ladin: “Quinag”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quinag”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Chuineag”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Chuineag”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Chuinneag”
  • Swedish: “Quinag”
  • Welsh: “Quinag - Sail Gharbh”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sail Gharbh and Quinag - Sail Ghorm.

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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 “Quinag”. Photo: Foxie001, CC BY-SA 3.0.