- Elevation
- 946 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport92 km
- TRE Tiree Airport115 km
About Sgurr na Sgine
Sgurr na Sgine is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 946 m.
Sgùrr na Sgine (Scottish Gaelic for 'knife peak') is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Its height is 946 metres (3,104 ft), making it a Munro. It lies eight kilometres south of Shiel Bridge in the Glenshiel Forest, between Glen Shiel and Loch Hourn.
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At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 247 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Sgurr na Sgine
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StuzzyW at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
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The Saddle paul birrell · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Druim Fada Keith Cunneen · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Buidhe Bheinn Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Sgurr na Sgine
This month · November
A wet month
Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 308 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 12°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- January (319 mm)
- Driest month
- May (121 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) | 1° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | -3° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 5° | 4° | 1° | -2° | -4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 319 | 210 | 264 | 141 | 121 | 130 | 149 | 173 | 255 | 287 | 308 | 311 |
How to get to Sgurr na Sgine
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 92 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 159 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 92 kmnortheast
- Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 115 kmsouthwest
- Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 124 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 159 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 166 kmsoutheast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 190 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 200 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 286 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sgurr na Sgine
Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 4,295 natural sites, 1,134 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km537 places
- Sandaig Islands Island 19 kmW
- Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 13 kmW
- Ornsay Island 23 kmW
- Eilean Donan Island 16 kmNW
25–60 km1,906 places
- Isle of Skye Island 54 kmW
- Island of Raasay Island 48 kmNW
- Eigg Island 54 kmSW
- Scalpay Island 39 kmNW
60–100 km3,024 places
- Hebrides Island 88 kmW
- The Coral Beaches Beach 84 kmNW
- Oronsay Island 63 kmSW
- Clett Island 86 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Kinloch Hourn Village, Highland4.3 km S -
Shiel Bridge Village, Highland7.6 km N -
Ratagan Village, Highland8.9 km N
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Invershiel Village, Highland8.1 km N
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Morvich Village, Highland9.8 km N -
Ault a' chruinn Village, Highland9 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Sgurr na Sgine NW Top Mountain, Highland0.4 km NW
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The Saddle Mountain, Highland2 km NW
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Sgurr a' Bhac Chaolais Mountain, Highland1.2 km E
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Faochag Mountain, Highland1.3 km NE
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Buidhe Bheinn Mountain, Highland2.8 km SE
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Sgurr na Forcan Mountain, Highland1.8 km NW
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The Saddle East Top Mountain, Highland1.9 km NW
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The Saddle - Trig Point Mountain, Highland2.1 km NW
More nature in United Kingdom
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Creag nan Damh Mountain, Highland3.7 km E -
Cadha nam Bo Ruadha Mountain, Highland2.2 km SE
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The Saddle West Top Mountain, Highland2.3 km NW
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The Saddle North Top Mountain, Highland2.3 km NW
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Buidhe Bheinn North Top Mountain, Highland2.5 km SE
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Sgurr na Creige Mountain, Highland2.7 km NW
Sources & licences
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