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The geological importance of Assynt is reflected in its inclusion in the North West Highlands Geopark. [8] [9] The name Assynt may derive from an Old Norse word meaning 'ridge end'. There is also a tradition that the name comes from a fight between the two brothers Unt and Ass-Unt, (meaning Man of Peace and Man of Discord). The latter having ...
Ben Lawers (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Labhair) [2] is the highest mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands.It lies north of Loch Tay and is the highest peak of the 'Ben Lawers group', a ridge that includes six other Munros: Beinn Ghlas, Meall Garbh, Meall Corranaich, An Stùc, Meall Greigh and Meall a' Choire Leith. [3]
Location of Highlands County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Highlands County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Highlands County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
In 2016, The Conservation Fund celebrated the centennial of the N.C. State Park System and Mount Mitchell by purchasing 2,744 acres in the Black Mountains adjacent to Mitchell and giving the land ...
Mount Mitchill is located in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Standing at 266 feet (81 meters), it is the highest headland of the United States east coast south of Maine. [1] It has a panoramic view of Raritan Bay, New York City and Sandy Hook and is near the Twin Lights Lighthouse in Highlands.
His wife, the Baroness Tweedmouth, was born Lady Fanny Spencer-Churchill, the daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, and died at Glen Affric Lodge in 1904. [35] Known in the highlands as the Lady of Glenaffric and Guisachan, she was reported to be a "lover of the golden retriever dog".
Ben More Assynt is situated on a ridge of high ground which runs roughly north to south on the east side of the A837 road near Inchnadamph.This ridge forms part of the main north–south watershed of Scotland, with drainage from the mountain reaching the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean on opposite sides of mainland Scotland.
Mitchell Falls is a 25-foot (7.6 m) waterfall located in Yancey County, North Carolina on the slope of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain in the Appalachian Mountain chain and highest point in the eastern United States.