Suilven is a mountain in the remote Assynt district of west Sutherland, Scotland, rising as a steep-sided ridge about two kilometers long from a wilderness of moorland, bogs and lochans. It is built of Torridonian sandstone resting on much older Lewisian gneiss bedrock, and glacial erosion carved its distinctive narrow, teardrop-shaped profile and vertical cliff faces. The ridge carries three summits: Caisteal Liath at its northwest end, the highest at 731 meters, with Meall Meadhonach at 724 meters and Meall Beag at 660 meters further to the southeast.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny 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, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Suilven
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: Assynt - CoigachQuote, WDPA feature: Assynt - Coigach
"desig_eng": "National Scenic Area"
Wikidata: Suilven
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