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Cairn Gorm

Elevation
1,245 m
#12,324
in the world
#7
in United Kingdom
146 m
prominence

Cairn Gorm is a mountain in United Kingdom, rising to 1,245 m, the 7th highest we list in United Kingdom, part of the Cairngorms.

Range
#5 in the range
Nearest town
53 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cairn Gorm

Cairn Gorm lies in United Kingdom, in Scotland.

Key facts

Elevation
1,245 m (4,085 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
146 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Scotland
Coordinates
57.117, -3.644

How it ranks

Among peaks in United Kingdom
#7of 123
LargestSmallest
In the Cairngorms
#5of 7
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,324of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Bynack More1,090 m4.3 km
Beinn a' Chaorainn1,083 m4.8 km
Ben Macdui1,309 m5.4 km
Derry Cairngorm1,155 m6.2 km
Braeriach1,296 m6.7 km
Cairn Toul1,291 m8.0 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cairn Gorm.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
InvernessUnited Kingdom47,79053 km
ElginUnited Kingdom25,04063 km
PerthUnited Kingdom47,35081 km
DundeeUnited Kingdom148,21083 km
ArbroathUnited Kingdom23,64089 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.