Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Mam na Gualainn East Top
Autumn colours begin to frame and enhance the lustrous waters of Loch Leven with the mountains of Beinn a Bheithir on the horizon in Argyll, from Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Commentary. No-one talks of fjords in Scotland. Here, they are known as sea-lochs. There could be regarded as up to fourteen “fjords” in Scotland and two or three former fjords, cut off from the sea since previous Ice Ages. Some are a mere three miles long, several 15-20 miles long and one, Loch Fyne, up to fifty miles long. Loch Leven is one such fjord or sea-loch. It is sumptuously beautiful, colourful, ancient and wooded. All the sea-lochs are sufficiently varied to deserve multiple visits and endless awe and wonder. In this image the mountain range known as Beinn a Bheithir forms a backcloth to Loch Leven, where it narrows and is bridged, at Ballachulish. Sgorr Dearg and Sgorr Dhonnuill are linked by a horseshoe arete that is often completed as one climb. Autumn often enriches the colour, textures and tones of such sea-lochs as Leven, making it spectacularly impressive. The shapely mountains often reflect in its calm waters and add a gleaming symmetry to a superb landscape.
08-Sep-23 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53987511324
Autumn colours begin to frame and enhance the lustrous waters of Loch Leven with the mountains of Beinn a Bheithir on the horizon, Argyll, Scotland
Commentary. No-one talks of fjords in Scotland. Here, they are known as sea-lochs. There could be regarded as up to fourteen “fjords” in Scotland and two or three former fjords, cut off from the sea since previous Ice Ages. Some are a mere three miles long, several 15-20 miles long and one, Loch Fyne, up to fifty miles long. Loch Leven is one such fjord or sea-loch. It is sumptuously beautiful, colourful, ancient and wooded. All the sea-lochs are sufficiently varied to deserve multiple visits and endless awe and wonder. In this image the mountain range known as Beinn a Bheithir forms a backcloth to Loch Leven, where it narrows and is bridged, at Ballachulish. Sgorr Dearg and Sgorr Dhonnuill are linked by a horseshoe arete that is often completed as one climb. Autumn often enriches the colour, textures and tones of such sea-lochs as Leven, making it spectacularly impressive. The shapely mountains often reflect in its calm waters and add a gleaming symmetry to a superb landscape.
08-Sep-23 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53929957376
Autumn colours begin to frame and enhance the lustrous waters of Loch Leven with the mountains of Beinn a Bheithir on the horizon, Argyll, Scotland
Commentary. No-one talks of fjords in Scotland. Here, they are known as sea-lochs. There could be regarded as up to fourteen “fjords” in Scotland and two or three former fjords, cut off from the sea since previous Ice Ages. Some are a mere three miles long, several 15-20 miles long and one, Loch Fyne, up to fifty miles long. Loch Leven is one such fjord or sea-loch. It is sumptuously beautiful, colourful, ancient and wooded. All the sea-lochs are sufficiently varied to deserve multiple visits and endless awe and wonder. In this image the mountain range known as Beinn a Bheithir forms a backcloth to Loch Leven, where it narrows and is bridged, at Ballachulish. Sgorr Dearg and Sgorr Dhonnuill are linked by a horseshoe arete that is often completed as one climb. Autumn often enriches the colour, textures and tones of such sea-lochs as Leven, making it spectacularly impressive. The shapely mountains often reflect in its calm waters and add a gleaming symmetry to a superb landscape.
08-Sep-23 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53185866881
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Autumn colours begin to frame and enhance the lustrous waters of Loch Leven with the mountains of Beinn a Bheithir on the horizon in Argyll, from Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Commentary. No-one talks of fjords in Scotland. Here, they are known as sea-lochs. There could be regarded as up to fourteen “fjords” in Scotland and two or three former fjords, cut off from the sea since previous Ice Ages. Some are a mere three miles long, several 15-20 miles long and one, Loch Fyne, up to fifty miles long. Loch Leven is one such fjord or sea-loch. It is sumptuously beautiful, colourful, ancient and wooded. All the sea-lochs are sufficiently varied to deserve multiple visits and endless awe and wonder. In this image the mountain range known as Beinn a Bheithir forms a backcloth to Loch Leven, where it narrows and is bridged, at Ballachulish. Sgorr Dearg and Sgorr Dhonnuill are linked by a horseshoe arete that is often completed as one climb. Autumn often enriches the colour, textures and tones of such sea-lochs as Leven, making it spectacularly impressive. The shapely mountains often reflect in its calm waters and add a gleaming symmetry to a superb landscape.
08-Sep-23 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53987511324
Autumn colours begin to frame and enhance the lustrous waters of Loch Leven with the mountains of Beinn a Bheithir on the horizon, Argyll, Scotland
Commentary. No-one talks of fjords in Scotland. Here, they are known as sea-lochs. There could be regarded as up to fourteen “fjords” in Scotland and two or three former fjords, cut off from the sea since previous Ice Ages. Some are a mere three miles long, several 15-20 miles long and one, Loch Fyne, up to fifty miles long. Loch Leven is one such fjord or sea-loch. It is sumptuously beautiful, colourful, ancient and wooded. All the sea-lochs are sufficiently varied to deserve multiple visits and endless awe and wonder. In this image the mountain range known as Beinn a Bheithir forms a backcloth to Loch Leven, where it narrows and is bridged, at Ballachulish. Sgorr Dearg and Sgorr Dhonnuill are linked by a horseshoe arete that is often completed as one climb. Autumn often enriches the colour, textures and tones of such sea-lochs as Leven, making it spectacularly impressive. The shapely mountains often reflect in its calm waters and add a gleaming symmetry to a superb landscape.
08-Sep-23 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53929957376
Autumn colours begin to frame and enhance the lustrous waters of Loch Leven with the mountains of Beinn a Bheithir on the horizon, Argyll, Scotland
Commentary. No-one talks of fjords in Scotland. Here, they are known as sea-lochs. There could be regarded as up to fourteen “fjords” in Scotland and two or three former fjords, cut off from the sea since previous Ice Ages. Some are a mere three miles long, several 15-20 miles long and one, Loch Fyne, up to fifty miles long. Loch Leven is one such fjord or sea-loch. It is sumptuously beautiful, colourful, ancient and wooded. All the sea-lochs are sufficiently varied to deserve multiple visits and endless awe and wonder. In this image the mountain range known as Beinn a Bheithir forms a backcloth to Loch Leven, where it narrows and is bridged, at Ballachulish. Sgorr Dearg and Sgorr Dhonnuill are linked by a horseshoe arete that is often completed as one climb. Autumn often enriches the colour, textures and tones of such sea-lochs as Leven, making it spectacularly impressive. The shapely mountains often reflect in its calm waters and add a gleaming symmetry to a superb landscape.
08-Sep-23 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53185866881
Mam na Gualainn summit ridge
Looking east to Kinlochleven
23-Aug-23 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
kinlochleven scotland gb uk mountain loch sea summer august view ridge 53171188561
Descending from Mam na Gualainn
23-Aug-23 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
sea loch uk summer mountain scotland view walk august gb glencoe leven corbett ballachulish 53171391434
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.