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The Isle of Skye, [8] or simply Skye (/ skaɪ /; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. [Note 1] The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most ...
Geology of the Isle of Skye. The geology of the Isle of Skye in Scotland is highly varied and the island's landscape reflects changes in the underlying nature of the rocks. A wide range of rock types are exposed on the island, sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous, ranging in age from the Archaean through to the Quaternary.
Location. Trotternish, Skye, Scotland. OS grid. NG495540. Topo map. Ordnance Survey Landranger 23. The Storr (Scottish Gaelic: An Stòr) [1] is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.
Waterfalls running into the River Brittle. Glen Brittle (Gleann Breadail in Scottish Gaelic) is a large glen in the south of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. It runs roughly south to north, along the River Brittle, which has its mouth at Loch Brittle (a sea loch). The glen is bounded on the east by the main Black Cuillin ridge, the largest ...
Sgùrr na Banachdaich. / 57.22054; -6.24237. 1873, John MacKenzie and Alexander Nicolson. Sgùrr na Banachdaich ( Gaelic for " smallpox peak"), [2] also spelt Sgurr na Banachdich in English, is a peak in the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It reaches a height of 965 metres (3,166 ft), making it a Munro; standing at the western ...
Sgùrr Dearg (Scottish Gaelic for 'red rocky peak') is a mountain in the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is topped by the Inaccessible Pinnacle (or An Stac in Gaelic), [ 2 ] a fin of rock measuring 50 metres (160 ft) along its longest edge. The top of the Pinnacle stands at 985.8 m (3,234 ft) above sea level, making Sgùrr Dearg the ...
Sgùrr na Coinnich. Beinn na Caillich (l) and Sgùrr na Coinnich (r), seen above the town of Broadford from the west. Sgùrr na Coinnich is the highest peak on the Sleat peninsula at the east end of the Isle of Skye. Together with its slightly lower neighbour, Beinn na Caillich, it overlooks the Skye Bridge that links the towns of Kyle of ...
NG465253. Topo map. OS Landranger 32. Am Basteir ( Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàisteir, 'the baptizer') [2] is a mountain peak in the northern Cuillin range on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is 934 metres (3,064 feet) high and classed as a Munro. It forms a narrow blade of rock, which bears comparison with the Inaccessible Pinnacle in the same ...
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