Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands
Quiraing
Quiraing — 342m high mountain on the Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Quiraing is a named natural landmark in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "342m high mountain on the Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.6411°, -6.2673°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Quiraing (Scottish Gaelic: Cuith-Raing) is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock. Within the hollow is a raised plateau the size of a football field, known as the Table. Other distinctive features of the landscape are the Needle, a jagged pinnacle rising to 120 feet (37 m), and the Prison, a mass of rock resembling a medieval keep. Like the rest of the Trotternish escarpment, the Quiraing was formed when a thick layer of flood basalt spread over the peninsula and destabilized the weak sedimentary rocks below, causing a succession of landslides. It has been renowned for its fantastical appearance since the Victorian period. The poet Alexander Smith dubbed it "a nightmare of nature".
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- Coordinates
- 57.6411, -6.2673
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV51 9LA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Sources
- wikidata: Q2385621 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Quiraing (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Quiraing, Isle of Skye.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Quiraing?
- Quiraing is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV51 9LA).
- Is Quiraing free to visit?
- Yes, Quiraing is free to enter.
- How do I get to Quiraing?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV51 9LA. It sits within the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire parliamentary constituency.