Cairngorms, Highland
Height: Beinn Macdui 4295 feet and Braeriach 4252 feet.
Although Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest mountain, lies on the west coast near Fort William, most of the rest of Scotland's highest mountains form a cluster of summits lying to the east of the A9 Perth to Inverness road near Aviemore.
The Cairngorms form a massive plateau of granite about 19 miles long by 12 miles wide. Five of Scotland's nine 4000 feet summits lie within the range, plus a further nine mountains higher than 3500 feet and four more exceeding 3000 feet. The mountains of the Cairngorm plateau are predominantly vast, rounded, dome-like structures.
The Cairngorms National Park has the largest area of arctic mountain landscape in the UK at its heart. It is home to 17,000 people and 25% of Britain's threatened birds, animals, and plants. It includes moorlands, forests, rivers, lochs and glens.
Date: 29th December 2009
Location: view from the road to the Cairn Gorm mountain car park near the Reindeer Centre
Although Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest mountain, lies on the west coast near Fort William, most of the rest of Scotland's highest mountains form a cluster of summits lying to the east of the A9 Perth to Inverness road near Aviemore.
The Cairngorms form a massive plateau of granite about 19 miles long by 12 miles wide. Five of Scotland's nine 4000 feet summits lie within the range, plus a further nine mountains higher than 3500 feet and four more exceeding 3000 feet. The mountains of the Cairngorm plateau are predominantly vast, rounded, dome-like structures.
The Cairngorms National Park has the largest area of arctic mountain landscape in the UK at its heart. It is home to 17,000 people and 25% of Britain's threatened birds, animals, and plants. It includes moorlands, forests, rivers, lochs and glens.
Date: 29th December 2009
Location: view from the road to the Cairn Gorm mountain car park near the Reindeer Centre
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