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Ben More Assynt

Local name: Beinn Mhòr Asainn

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°08′17″ N 4°51′28″ W

Ben More Assynt
Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
998 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Inchnadamph
7.2 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport82 km
SYY Stornoway Airport87 km

About Ben More Assynt

Ben More Assynt is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 998 m.

From Wikipedia

Ben More Assynt (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Mhòr Asainn ) is a mountain in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north-northeast of Ullapool. The name translates as "big mountain of Assynt", and with a height of 998 metres (3,274 feet) it is the highest point in Sutherland. The mountain lies in the east of Assynt, set apart from the area's better known and more dramatic (but lower) mountains such as Suilven.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
835 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Ben More Assynt

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 233 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
December (night -5°)
Wettest month
November (233 mm)
Driest month
May (100 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 Ben More Assynt
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°2°5°8°10°11°11°9°6°3°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°-1°3°4°4°2°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)217153189114100112122143195221233217

How to get to Ben More Assynt

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 82 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 199 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 82 kmsoutheast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 87 kmwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 109 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 199 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 218 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 256 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 263 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 400 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Ben More Assynt

Within 100 km: 40 historic and cultural sites, 2,552 natural sites, 742 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km453 places

  • Eilean a' Ghamhna Island 17 kmNW
  • Garbh Eilean Island 17 kmNW
  • Rubha a' Bhrocaire Island 25 kmW
  • Calbha Beag Island 23 kmNW

25–60 km1,418 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 37 kmW
  • Eilean Dubh Island 26 kmNW
  • Whale Islet Island 37 kmNW
  • Tanera More Island 36 kmSW

60–100 km1,463 places

  • Clett Island 94 kmNE
  • Tannaraidh Island 92 kmW
  • Tabhaigh Mor Island 90 kmW
  • Crois Eilean Island 93 kmW

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