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Maol Chean-dearg

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°29′30″ N 5°27′56″ W

Maol Chean-dearg
Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
933 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Lochcarron
11 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport85 km
SYY Stornoway Airport96 km

About Maol Chean-dearg

Maol Chean-dearg is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 933 m.

From Wikipedia

Maol Cheann-Dearg is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, between Upper Loch Torridon and Loch Carron, in the Coulags deer forest in Wester Ross. It is one of three Munros in this area (the others being Sgorr Ruadh and Beinn Liath Mhòr) and reaches a height of 933 metres (3,060 feet), it is slightly isolated from the other two being separated by a low col of 420 metres and therefore tends to be ascended separately.

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At a glance

Topographic prominence
514 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Maol Chean-dearg

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 282 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
November (282 mm)
Driest month
May (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 Maol Chean-dearg
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°2°3°6°9°11°12°12°10°7°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-2°1°3°5°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)279186231125110121135155232261282278

How to get to Maol Chean-dearg

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 85 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 189 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 85 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 96 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 114 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 189 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 196 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 207 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 221 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 324 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Maol Chean-dearg

Within 100 km: 35 historic and cultural sites, 4,108 natural sites, 1,114 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km479 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 23 kmN
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 23 kmN
  • Eilean Donan Island 24 kmS
  • An Garbh-eilean Island 18 kmSW

25–60 km1,824 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 52 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 38 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 39 kmSW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 59 kmN

60–100 km2,954 places

  • Hebrides Island 100 kmSW
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 92 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 78 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 70 kmW

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