- Elevation
- 1,116 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport84 km
- DND Dundee Airport102 km
About Aonach Beag
Aonach Beag is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,116 m.
Aonach Beag is a 1,116-metre (3,661 ft) mountain in the Highlands of Scotland in the remote area between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of Ben Alder. Its prominence is 99 metres (325 ft) with its parent peak, Geal-Charn, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the east. In Gaelic, Aonach Beag means "little ridge" despite it being a Munro. It should not be confused with the better-known Munro near Ben Nevis, also called Aonach Beag, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 99 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Aonach Beag
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Beinn Eibhinn Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Beinn a' Chlachair Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Ben Alder Grinner at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5 -
Creag Pitridh Nigel Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Beinn Bheoil Stuart Meek · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Aonach Beag
This month · November
A wet month
Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 248 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 11°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -5°)
- Wettest month
- January (284 mm)
- Driest month
- June (110 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 0° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 5° | 2° | 0° |
| Average low (°C) | -5° | -5° | -5° | -3° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 4° | 2° | 0° | -3° | -5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 284 | 183 | 216 | 115 | 115 | 110 | 119 | 142 | 204 | 237 | 248 | 258 |
How to get to Aonach Beag
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 84 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (107 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 104 km to the east.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 84 kmnorth
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 102 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 107 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 104 kmeast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 109 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 128 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 152 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 264 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Aonach Beag
Within 100 km: 69 historic and cultural sites, 4,994 natural sites, 1,239 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km357 places
- Eilean an Tuilaich Island 14 kmNW
- Eilean na Fead Island 19 kmNW
- Eilean an Righ Island 14 kmN
- Eilean nam Faoileag Island 18 kmSE
25–60 km2,016 places
- Shuna Island Island 59 kmSW
- Fraoch Eilean Island 59 kmSW
- Sgeir Dubh Island 57 kmSW
- Tom an t-Seallaidh (Shuna) Island 59 kmSW
60–100 km3,929 places
- Oronsay Island 88 kmW
- Eriska Island 64 kmSW
- Moy Island Island 80 kmN
- Torsa Island Island 93 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Beinn Eibhinn Mountain, Highland1.2 km SW
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Geal-charn Mountain, Highland1.3 km E
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Meall Glas Choire Mountain, Highland2.5 km SW
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Meall an t-Slugain Mountain, Highland2.6 km SE
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Beinn a' Chlachair Mountain, Highland4.2 km N
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Mullach Coire nan Nead Mountain, Highland2.9 km W
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Ben Alder Mountain, Highland4.5 km SE
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Sgor Iutharn Mountain, Highland3.2 km E
More nature in United Kingdom
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Beinn Bheoil Mountain, Highland6.4 km E
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Creag Pitridh Mountain, Highland7.8 km N
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Chno Dearg Mountain, Highland8 km W -
Geal Charn Mountain, Highland8.4 km NE -
Strath Ossian Natural site, Highland5 km SW
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Diollaid a' Chairn Mountain, Highland3.3 km NE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources