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Carn an Tuirc

Elevation
1,019 m
#13,478
in the world
#102
in United Kingdom
369 m
prominence

Carn an Tuirc is a mountain in United Kingdom, rising to 1,019 m, the 102nd highest we list in United Kingdom, part of the Grampian Mountains.

Range
#61 in the range
Nearest town
54 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Carn an Tuirc

Carn an Tuirc lies in United Kingdom, in Scotland.

Key facts

Elevation
1,019 m (3,343 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
369 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Scotland
Coordinates
56.908, -3.357

How it ranks

Among peaks in United Kingdom
#102of 123
LargestSmallest
In the Grampian Mountains
#61of 68
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#13,478of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Cairn of Claise1,064 m1.9 km
Glas Maol1,068 m3.9 km
Cairn Bannoch1,012 m5.2 km
Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,110 m6.6 km
Lochnagar1,155 m8.9 km
Beinn Iutharn Mhor1,045 m13 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Carn an Tuirc.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
DundeeUnited Kingdom148,21054 km
PerthUnited Kingdom47,35057 km
ArbroathUnited Kingdom23,64061 km
Saint AndrewsUnited Kingdom18,41072 km
GlenrothesUnited Kingdom38,36080 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.