Quinag (Scottish Gaelic: A’ Chuineag) is an 808 m high mountain range in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milk pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.[1]
Geologically, Quinag is made of Torridonian sandstone, resting on a substrate of Lewisian gneiss. The highest peaks are capped by a thin skin of Cambrian quartzites with the gentle eastern slope of Spidean Coinich being a dip slope formed along the quartzite beds. The massif is an excellent place to appreciate the relationship between these three major rock units of the NW Highland.
^Kirstie Shirra (21 March 2011). Scotland's Best Small Mountains: 40 of the best small mountains in Scotland under 3000ft. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-1-84965-345-9. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
Quinag (Scottish Gaelic: A’ Chuineag) is an 808 m high mountain range in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with an undulating series of peaks along...
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Scourie Scottish Gaelic: Sgobhairigh Quinag and Scourie across the Sound of Handa Scourie Location within the Sutherland area OS grid reference NC157447...
peaks of the Quinag,(Scottish Gaelic: A’ Chuineag) that sit in a Y-shaped crest. The three Corbett summits are Quinag - Sail Gorm at 776m, Quinag - Sail Gharbh...
The Assynt-Coigach NSA has many distinctively shaped mountains, including Quinag, Canisp, Suilven, Cùl Mòr, Stac Pollaidh and Ben More Assynt, that rise...
(Stercorarius skua) at Handa Island Sign for the breeding birds' protected area Quinag and Scourie across the Sound of Handa Scottish islands portal The nearest...
Borders Li & Coire Dhorrcail on the north coast of the Knoydart peninsula Quinag, the three peak mountain in Assynt Sandwood Bay in north west Sutherland...
Lochinver. Situated in a spectacular setting between the heights of Canisp, Quinag, and Beinn Uidhe [cy], it receives the outflow from Lochs Awe, Loch Maol...
rock in Scotland. Liathach, Beinn Alligin, Suilven, Cùl Mòr, Cùl Beag, and Quinag are just some of the impressive rock islands of the significantly younger...
1977". Benighted in the Foothills of the Cairngorms: January The Adder of Quinag The Solitaires The Wrong Music (collection of Fraser's works, published...
material. Other mountains to be found here include Stac Pollaidh, Canisp, Quinag, Foinaven and Arkle. The park contains a wide variety of different types...
and Skye and Lochalsh. They form the isolated mountain peaks of Canisp, Quinag and Suilven in the area of Loch Assynt, of Slioch near Loch Maree, and other...
in the distance is Rubha na Coigich. Quinag from Achnahaird. A glint of sunshine picks out the ridge of Quinag across Enard Bay from Achnahaird. Cnoc...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022. Quinag (27 December 2021). "76th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race update". Sail-World...
the top gives an impressive panorama to the west taking in the hills of Quinag, Canisp and Cul Mor as well as an end on view of Loch Assynt (see photo)...
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