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Mountain

Carn nan Ceannaichean

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°11′47″ N 4°09′20″ W

Map showing the location of Carn nan Ceannaichean Carn nan Ceannaichean
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
319 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Altanduin
7.2 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport69 km
INV Inverness Airport73 km

About Carn nan Ceannaichean

Carn nan Ceannaichean is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 319 m. The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (69 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Preas an Tairbh and Cnoc an t-Sithein.

Climate of Carn nan Ceannaichean

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 140 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (140 mm)
Driest month
May (70 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 Carn nan Ceannaichean
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°6°8°11°14°15°15°13°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°2°4°7°9°9°7°4°2°-1°
Precipitation (mm)127901137470788496119131140127

How to get to Carn nan Ceannaichean

The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC), 69 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 170 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 69 kmnortheast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 73 kmsouth
  • Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 112 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 170 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 205 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 257 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 260 kmsouth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 391 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Carn nan Ceannaichean

Within 100 km: 53 historic and cultural sites, 2,244 natural sites, 641 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km264 places

  • Eilean a' Chairn Island 24 kmSW
  • Eilean na Craoibhe Island 24 kmSW
  • Eilean nam Meann Island 10 kmN
  • Eilean a' Bhreac-achaidh Island 12 kmNW

25–60 km1,097 places

  • Clett Island 60 kmNE
  • Eilean Dubh Island 60 kmW
  • Eilean nan Ron Island 41 kmN
  • Rabbit Islands Island 40 kmN

60–100 km1,577 places

  • Hoy Island 88 kmNE
  • Flotta Island 93 kmNE
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 90 kmSE
  • Hesta Head Natural site 97 kmNE

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