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Ben Macdui

Elevation
1,309 m
#12,067
in the world
#2
in United Kingdom
950 m
prominence

Ben Macdui is a mountain in United Kingdom, rising to 1,309 m, the 2nd highest we list in United Kingdom, part of the Cairngorms.

Range
#1 in the range
Nearest town
56 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Ben Macdui

Ben Macdui lies in United Kingdom, in Scotland.

Key facts

Elevation
1,309 m (4,295 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
950 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Scotland
Coordinates
57.070, -3.669

How it ranks

Among peaks in United Kingdom
#2of 123
LargestSmallest
In the Cairngorms
#1of 7
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,067of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Derry Cairngorm1,155 m3.0 km
Cairn Toul1,291 m3.1 km
Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258 m3.7 km
Braeriach1,296 m3.7 km
Carn a' Mhaim1,037 m3.8 km
The Devil's Point1,007 m4.1 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Ben Macdui.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
InvernessUnited Kingdom47,79056 km
ElginUnited Kingdom25,04068 km
PerthUnited Kingdom47,35077 km
DundeeUnited Kingdom148,21079 km
ArbroathUnited Kingdom23,64087 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.