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Mountain

Meall nan Tarmachan

Located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland Coordinates: 56°31′18″ N 4°18′06″ W

Meall nan Tarmachan
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Elevation
1,044 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Killin
6.2 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport73 km
DND Dundee Airport79 km

About Meall nan Tarmachan

Meall nan Tarmachan is a mountain. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Elevation: 1,044 m.

From Wikipedia

Meall nan Tarmachan (Scottish Gaelic: [ˈmjaul̪ˠ nən̪ˠ ˈt̪aɾaməxan]) is a mountain in the Southern Highlands of Scotland near Killin just west of Ben Lawers. It is often climbed as part of the Tarmachan ridge, the other peaks of which are Meall Garbh (1026 m), Beinn nan Eachan (1000 m) and Creag na Caillich (914 m); these three peaks are Tops rather than Munros, and lie to the south-west of Meall nan Tarmachan. It is normally approached from the east via the road heading north from the Ben Lawers visitors centre.

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At a glance

Topographic prominence
492 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Meall nan Tarmachan

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 226 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (269 mm)
Driest month
June (105 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 Meall nan Tarmachan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°0°1°4°8°10°11°11°9°5°2°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°0°3°5°5°3°1°-3°-4°
Precipitation (mm)269174192110115105115136189226226233

How to get to Meall nan Tarmachan

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 73 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 73 km to the south.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 73 kmsouth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 79 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 86 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 73 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 82 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 93 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 151 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 238 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Meall nan Tarmachan

Within 100 km: 169 historic and cultural sites, 4,615 natural sites, 1,175 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km394 places

  • Isle of Spar Island 20 kmE
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 19 kmN
  • Eilean nan Ubh Island 22 kmNE
  • Eilean Beal na Gaoire Island 20 kmNW

25–60 km1,749 places

  • Inishail Island 51 kmW
  • Inchlonaig Island 51 kmS
  • Inchcailloch Island 52 kmS
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 49 kmW

60–100 km3,816 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 92 kmSW
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 96 kmSW
  • Burntisland Beach Beach 84 kmSE
  • Cramond beach Beach 87 kmSE

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