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Mountain

Beinn Alligin

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°35′27″ N 5°34′22″ W

Beinn Alligin
David Crocker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
986 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Inveralligin
4.5 km SW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport83 km
INV Inverness Airport91 km

About Beinn Alligin

Beinn Alligin is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 986 m.

From Wikipedia

Beinn Alligin (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Àilleagan) is one of the classic mountains of the Torridon region of Scotland, lying to the north of Loch Torridon, in the Highlands. The name Beinn Alligin is from the Scottish Gaelic, meaning Jewelled Hill. The mountain has two peaks of Munro status: Tom na Gruagaich (922 m or 3,025 ft) to the south, and Sgùrr Mòr at 986 metres (3,235 ft) to the north.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
601 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Beinn Alligin

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 273 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
November (273 mm)
Driest month
May (107 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 Alligin
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°3°5°8°10°12°11°10°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-2°1°3°5°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)263176219123107120133151227255273264

How to get to Beinn Alligin

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 83 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 201 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 83 kmnorthwest
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 91 kmeast
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 108 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 201 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 208 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 215 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 233 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 334 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Beinn Alligin

Within 100 km: 32 historic and cultural sites, 4,030 natural sites, 1,256 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km446 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 13 kmNE
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 13 kmN
  • Island of Rona Island 25 kmW
  • Longa Island Island 22 kmNW

25–60 km1,653 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 52 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 38 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 42 kmSW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 48 kmN

60–100 km3,219 places

  • Isle of Harris Natural site 81 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 85 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 65 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 72 kmNW

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