The Great Glen is a valley in Scotland running about 62 miles from Inverness to Fort William, following the line of the Great Glen Fault and dividing the Scottish Highlands into two separate mountain regions on either side. Its course as a landform is a direct result of this major geological fault running through the landscape.
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The Great Glen (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Mòr [an ˈklaun̪ˠ ˈmoːɾ]), also known as Glen Albyn (from the Gaelic Gleann Albainn "Glen of Scotland" [ˈklaun̪ˠ ˈaɫ̪apən]) or Glen More (from the Gaelic Gleann Mòr "Big/Great Glen"), is a glen in Scotland running for 62 miles (100 km) from Inverness on the edge of the Moray...
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