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Cairn Toul

Elevation
1,291 m
#12,145
in the world
#4
in United Kingdom
166 m
prominence

Cairn Toul is a mountain in United Kingdom, rising to 1,291 m, the 4th highest we list in United Kingdom, part of the Cairngorms.

Range
#3 in the range
Nearest town
57 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cairn Toul

Cairn Toul lies in United Kingdom, in Scotland.

Key facts

Elevation
1,291 m (4,236 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
166 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Scotland
Coordinates
57.054, -3.711

How it ranks

Among peaks in United Kingdom
#4of 123
LargestSmallest
In the Cairngorms
#3of 7
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,145of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258 m1.0 km
The Devil's Point1,007 m2.5 km
Carn na Criche1,265 m2.6 km
Braeriach1,296 m2.9 km
Ben Macdui1,309 m3.1 km
Carn a' Mhaim1,037 m3.7 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cairn Toul.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
InvernessUnited Kingdom47,79057 km
ElginUnited Kingdom25,04070 km
PerthUnited Kingdom47,35075 km
DundeeUnited Kingdom148,21079 km
ArbroathUnited Kingdom23,64088 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.