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Mountain

Beinn a' Chlachair

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 56°52′10″ N 4°30′33″ W

Beinn a' Chlachair
Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,087 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tòrgulbin
6.3 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport80 km
DND Dundee Airport102 km

About Beinn a' Chlachair

Beinn a' Chlachair is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,087 m.

From Wikipedia

Beinn a' Chlachair (1,087 m) is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies south of Loch Laggan, near the remote hamlet of Kinloch Laggan. The highest of a group of three Munros, the mountain has a spacious plateau on its summit, while three of sides are steep. There is a corrie on its northern face.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
539 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Beinn a' Chlachair

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 248 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
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).

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Climate of Beinn a' Chlachair
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°0°1°4°8°10°12°11°9°5°2°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-5°-3°0°3°5°4°3°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)284183216115115110119142204237248258

How to get to Beinn a' Chlachair

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 80 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (111 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 104 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 80 kmnorth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 102 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 111 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 104 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 113 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 130 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 150 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 268 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Beinn a' Chlachair

Within 100 km: 60 historic and cultural sites, 4,975 natural sites, 1,208 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km376 places

  • Eilean an Tuilaich Island 14 kmW
  • Eilean na Fead Island 19 kmW
  • Eilean an Righ Island 10 kmN
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 21 kmS

25–60 km1,976 places

  • Eilean Dubh Island 59 kmW
  • Eilean na h-Ealaidh Island 27 kmNW
  • Eilean Molach Island 32 kmSW
  • Eilean na Craoibhe Island 52 kmW

60–100 km3,891 places

  • Oronsay Island 90 kmW
  • Eriska Island 67 kmSW
  • Moy Island Island 76 kmN
  • Torsa Island Island 96 kmSW

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