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Coire nan Lochan, a corrie of Bidean nam Bian on the southern side of Glen Coe Glencoe by Hugh William Williams, c. 1825–1829. The glen is U-shaped, formed by an ice age glacier, [9] about 12.5 kilometres (7 + 3 ⁄ 4 mi) long with the floor of the glen being less than 700 metres (3 ⁄ 8 mi) wide, narrowing sharply at the "Pass of Glen Coe".
Glencoe was a place name used by Scottish immigrants to name several places in the world. It may also refer to: Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland
Buachaille Etive Mòr lies close to the head of both Glen Coe and Glen Etive, on the edge of Rannoch Moor.. Although named after Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, the national scenic area covers a much wider area of land, as detailed below. [3]
Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Gaelic: A’ Chàrnaich [2]) is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen , on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water loch off Loch Linnhe ).
The Meeting of Three Waters is a distinct junction of three rivers in Glen Coe.The rivers join each other with almost right angles between each other due to the geology and faultines that the rivers follow.
The Glencoe Waterfall is a waterfall in the west highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the A82 between Glen Coe Village and Altnafeadh . [ 1 ] This is where the Allt Lairig Eilde meets the river Coe, and falls approx. 20m into the river.
At the corrie entrance, the top of the path beside the ravine. The path from Glen Coe up beside the gorge into Coire Gabhail is a popular short walk (around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) each way, ascent 230 metres (750 ft)), the path is rough in places involving use of hands on rock for balance or as a step-up, and crossing a river by stepping stones.
Glencoe was a popular topic with 19th-century poets, notably Sir Walter Scott's "Massacre of Glencoe". [49] It was used as a subject by Thomas Campbell and George Gilfillan, as well as by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in her 1823 work "Glencoe", T. S. Eliot's "Rannoch, by Glencoe" and "Two Poems from Glencoe" by Douglas Stewart. [50]