- Elevation
- 1,049 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport76 km
- DND Dundee Airport101 km
About Geal Charn
Geal Charn is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,049 m.
Geal Charn (1,049 m) is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It is situated in the Highlands, on the southern shore of Loch Laggan. A large and sprawling mountain, its most notable feature is its fine and distinctive summit cone. The nearest settlement is Kinloch Laggan.
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At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 310 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Geal Charn
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Beinn a' Chlachair Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Geal Charn
This month · November
A wet month
Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 219 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 12°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -5°)
- Wettest month
- January (255 mm)
- Driest month
- June (99 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° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 5° | 2° | 0° |
| Average low (°C) | -5° | -5° | -4° | -3° | 0° | 3° | 5° | 5° | 3° | 0° | -3° | -5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 255 | 163 | 189 | 100 | 104 | 99 | 107 | 128 | 180 | 212 | 219 | 226 |
How to get to Geal Charn
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 76 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (114 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 103 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 76 kmnorth
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 101 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 114 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 103 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 116 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 131 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 146 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 272 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Geal Charn
Within 100 km: 62 historic and cultural sites, 4,946 natural sites, 1,159 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km391 places
- Eilean an Tuilaich Island 17 kmW
- Eilean na Fead Island 22 kmW
- Eilean an Righ Island 6 kmN
- Eilean nam Faoileag Island 24 kmS
25–60 km1,908 places
- Eilean na h-Ealaidh Island 27 kmNW
- Eilean Molach Island 36 kmSW
- Eilean na Craoibhe Island 56 kmW
- Eilean nan Faoileag Island 55 kmN
60–100 km3,868 places
- Oronsay Island 94 kmW
- Eriska Island 71 kmSW
- Moy Island Island 73 kmN
- Shuna Island Island 66 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Ardverikie Village, Highland6.4 km N
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Tòrgulbin Village, Highland7 km W
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Moy Village, Highland8.7 km W
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Kinloch Laggan Village, Highland9.2 km N
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Dalwhinnie Village, Highland14 km E -
Melgarve Village, Highland14 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Sron Garbh Mountain, Highland0.5 km E
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Creag Pitridh Mountain, Highland1.7 km W -
Meall Buidhe Mountain, Highland1.5 km NE
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Meall na Brachdlach Mountain, Highland1.8 km NE
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Sron nan Tarmachan Mountain, Highland2.1 km N
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Creag Lochan na h-Earba Mountain, Highland2.5 km NW
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Creag a' Mhaigh Mountain, Highland2.5 km N
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Meallan Odhar Mountain, Highland2.6 km SE
More nature in United Kingdom
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Beinn a' Chlachair Mountain, Highland4.5 km SW
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Beinn a' Chlachair East Top Mountain, Highland2.8 km SW
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Benalder Forest Natural site, Highland2.9 km SE
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Creag a' Chuir Mountain, Highland3.7 km N
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Binnein Shuas North Top Mountain, Highland4.4 km W
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Binnein Shuas Mountain, Highland4.4 km W
Sources & licences
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