Carn an Tuirc
Appearance
Carn an Tuirc | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,019 m (3,343 ft) |
Prominence | 64 m (210 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Cairn of Claise |
Listing | Munro |
Coordinates | 56°54′30″N 3°21′28″W / 56.9082°N 3.3577°W |
Naming | |
English translation | hill of the boar |
Geography | |
Parent range | Grampian Mountains |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Walk |
Carn an Tuirc (Template:Lang-gd, 'hill of the wild boar')[2] is a mountain in the Mounth region of the Grampian Mountains, in the Scottish Highlands.[3] It is about two miles from the Glenshee Ski Centre near Braemar.
References
- ^ "Carn an Tuirc". hillbagging.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Carn an Tuirc". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.
- ^ Watson, Adam; Allan, Elizabeth (1984). The place names of Upper Deeside. Aberdeen University Press. p. 37. ISBN 9781782221913.