Meall Greigh

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Meall Greigh
Meall Greigh (right) next to Ben Lawers (left) as seen from the east on the banks of Loch Tay

The Meall Greigh (right) next to the Ben Lawers (left) from the east on the banks of Loch Tay seen from

height 1001  m ASL
location Highlands , Scotland
Notch height 167 m
Coordinates 56 ° 34 '3 "  N , 4 ° 9' 36"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 34 '3 "  N , 4 ° 9' 36"  W
Meall Greigh (Scotland)
Meall Greigh
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The Meall Greigh is a 1,001 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name means mountain of the horse stud or mountain of the herd of cattle , but according to an older assumption it also means mountain of the cheek or mountain of profile . Classified as Munro , the mountain is the northeasternmost peak of the Perthshire mountain range on the north bank of Loch Tay , the highest mountain of which is the neighboring Ben Lawers to the southwest . A total of seven peaks of the mountain range are classified as Munro.

The summit area of ​​Meall Greigh, in the background from left Ben Lawers , An Stùc and Meall Garbh

Like almost all peaks in the Ben Lawers group, the Meall Garbh has a wide, gently sloping summit plateau, which ends in all directions with wide grassy slopes. Only on the south and south-east side is the terrain somewhat steeper and interspersed with rocks. In the mountain range to the west, the slightly higher Meall Garbh is adjacent to it, a wide, flat Bealach offers an easy transition here. Like Ben Lawers, the mountain belongs to the National Trust for Scotland , the entire mountain range is designated as a National Nature Reserve .

Munro excavators like to climb Meall Greigh when they cross the entire mountain range together with its south-western neighbors. The starting point is usually the small town of Lawers, southeast of the mountain range on the banks of Loch Tay. Mountain hikers with endurance can also climb the mountain as part of a longer tour of a total of five Munros from the National Trust visitor center located west of Ben Lawers on the narrow road connecting Loch Tay and Glen Lyon.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) Munro List , accessed January 9, 2019
  2. ↑ Peter Drummond: Scottish Hill and Mountain Names: The Origin and Meaning of the Names of Scotland's Hills and Mountains , Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 2010, ISBN 978-0-907521-95-2 , p. 153
  3. ^ National Trust for Scotland: Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve , accessed January 9, 2019

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