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Glen Shiel

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Glen Shiel is a glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, Scottish Gaelic Gleann Seile, also known as Glenshiel. The glen runs about nine miles (fourteen kilometres) from southeast to northwest, from the Cluanie Inn at the western end of Loch Cluanie and the start of Glenmoriston down to sea level at the village of Shiel Bridge and Loch Duich. Its northern side lies within the Kintail and Morvich estate owned by the National Trust for Scotland, and its lower reaches lie within the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of Scotland forty national scenic areas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Locally or Regionally Protected 1
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Glen Shiel, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
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"name_eng": "Kintail", "desig_eng": "National Scenic Area"
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Glen Shiel (Wikipedia)
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Glen Shiel (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Seile; also known as Glenshiel) is a glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
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Wikidata: Glen Shiel
Wikidata Q5568033, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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