Stac Pollaidh is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, its rocky crest built of Torridonian sandstone and carved into numerous pinnacles and steep gullies. During the last Ice Age its ridge stood above the surrounding ice sheet as a nunatak, while glacial movement smoothed the flanks below. It reaches 612 meters with a topographic prominence of nearly 440 meters, and its name blends the Norse word for pool river with Scottish Gaelic usage.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Protected StatusInternational Treaty Protected Area 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.
Source Wikidata: Stac Pollaidh
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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.
Source Wikidata: Stac Pollaidh
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Source Wikidata: Stac Pollaidh
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Stac Pollaidh
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: Assynt - Coigach
"desig_eng": "National Scenic Area"
WDPA feature: Inverpolly
"desig_eng": "Emerald Network"
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