Ben Starav

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Ben Starav
The Ben Starav from the north, in the foreground the River Etive

The Ben Starav from the north, in the foreground the River Etive

height 1078  m ASL
location Highlands , Scotland
Notch height 446 m
Coordinates 56 ° 32 '20 "  N , 5 ° 2' 59"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 32 '20 "  N , 5 ° 2' 59"  W.
Ben Starav (Scotland)
Ben Starav
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The Ben Starav is a 1,078 meter high mountain in the Scottish Highlands . His Gaelic name Beinn Starabh can be translated as mountain of crackling or mountain of rustling . The mountain is located in the Council Area Highland , just north of the border with the Council Area Argyll and Bute, and is classified as Munro .

Ben Starav from the southwest, in the foreground Loch Etive
View from the summit over the narrow ridge to the Stob Coire Dheirg pre-summit

In the mountain ranges west of Rannoch Moor , Ben Starav is conspicuous for its location on the eastern bank of the north end of Loch Etive . Since Loch Etive is a sea ​​hole , the Ben Starav has a steep, strikingly over 1000 meters high west side and offers excellent views to the west from its summit. The summit also marks the end of a chain of peaks which, beginning with Stob a 'Choire Odhair in the east, includes several Munros. The immediate eastern neighbor of Ben Starav is Glas Bheinn Mhòr . From the summit of Ben Starav a total of five partly very narrow and rocky ridges run north, north-west, south-west, east and south-east. The long north ridge is the most striking, while the other ridges are much shorter. The ridges to the north and south-east end in pre-peaks that are well below 1000 meters high. To the east there is a connection to the Glas Bheinn Mhòr via a pre-summit, the 1024 meter high Stob Coire Dheirg and the Bealachan Lochain Ghaineamhaich , a Bealach around 200 meters lower , which is used by many Munro excavators for a combined ascent of the two peaks.

For mountaineers there are two main ascent options, both of which begin in Glen Etive north of the mountain. The starting point is the former Coileitir farm . There are opportunities for ascent via the long north ridge as well as the east ridge, which can be reached through the valley of the Allt nam Meirleach by climbing the connecting ridge to Glas Bheinn Mhòr. The ridges to the south-west and south-east require very long approaches through pathless mountainous terrain.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ben Starav at www.munromagic.com , accessed June 20, 2019

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