Mountains and Cliffs of Scotland

This collection highlights the dramatic topography of the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye, featuring both inland peaks and coastal formations. It includes geological landmarks such as the basalt columns of Kilt Rock and the 60-meter Torridonian sandstone stack, the Old Man of Stoer. The selection covers significant Munros, including Ben Hope and Sgùrr Alasdair, alongside the unique landslip landscapes of the Trotternish Ridge. These sites offer a cross-section of Scotland’s diverse geology, from ancient sandstone ridges to volcanic rock pinnacles.

Mountains and Cliffs of Scotland — Map

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Kilt Rock Viewpoint

This beautiful colorful sea cliff in the shape of a kilt is 55 m tall and it features a majestic waterfall, the Mealt.

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The Storr

The Storr is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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Neist Point Lighthouse

Neist Point is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909.

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The Old Man of Storr

A prominent 50-meter-high basalt pinnacle located on the Trotternish Peninsula. Formed by a massive ancient landslip, it is one of the most recognizable rock formations in the United Kingdom.

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Duncansby Head

The most northeasterly point of the British mainland, featuring dramatic sandstone sea stacks that rise 60 meters out of the North Sea.

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Castle Ewen

A natural rock formation in the Fairy Glen that resembles a ruined medieval fortress. The summit offers views over the surrounding basalt hills and concentric grassy mounds.

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Suilven

Suilven is a mountain in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs…

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Stac Pollaidh

Stac Pollaidh is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many…

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Sgùrr Alasdair

Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest peak of the Black Cuillin, and the highest peak on the Isle of Skye and in the Inner Hebrides, and indeed in…

Richard Webb / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Ben Hope

Ben Hope is a mountain in northern Scotland. It is the most northerly Munro, standing alone in the Flow Country south-east of Loch Hope in…

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Ben Tee

Ben Tee is a Scottish mountain situated in the Lochaber area of the Highland council area, some 15 kilometres north of Spean Bridge.

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Blà Bheinn

Blà Bheinn or Blàbheinn, also known as Blaven, is a mountain on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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Ben Loyal

Ben Loyal is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands.

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Meall Fuar-mhonaidh

Meall Fuar-mhonaidh is a hill on the west side of Loch Ness, in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Old Man of Stoer

The Old Man of Stoer is a 60-metre-high sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in Sutherland, Scotland, close to the villages of Culkein and…

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The Needle

A 37-meter-high jagged rock pinnacle located within the Quiraing landslip on the Trotternish Ridge. It is a distinct feature of the area's complex volcanic geology.

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Ben More Assynt

Ben More Assynt is a mountain in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, 30 kilometres north-northeast of Ullapool.

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Cairn Gorm

Cairn Gorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains.

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Ben Stack

Ben Stack is a mountain in Sutherland, in the northwest of Scotland. It is 721 m high.

Mick Knapton / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Slioch

Slioch is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands situated in Wester Ross, eight kilometres north of the village of Kinlochewe.