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An Teallach

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

An Teallach is a mountain in Wester Ross, in Scotland's Northwest Highlands, standing west of Dundonnell Forest between Loch na Sealga and Little Loch Broom, with its highest point reaching 1,062.5 meters. Like the neighboring Torridon Hills it is built mostly of Torridonian sandstone, weathered into terraced slopes cut by steep ravines. Its most dramatic feature is the Corrag Bhuidhe ridge, a knife edge of pinnacles that includes an overhanging ledge known as Lord Berkeley's Seat. The name, meaning the forge or the anvil in Scottish Gaelic, may come from mist wreathing its pinnacles like smoke, or from tinkers who once worked forges nearby.

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National Park or Reserve 1
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Orogeny, Processes

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: An Teallach

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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: An Teallach
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Source Wikidata: An Teallach
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: World Database on Protected Areas record: An Teallach
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA record, field desig_eng
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"desig_eng": "Site of Special Scientific Interest"
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Wikidata: An Teallach
Wikidata Q3396261, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Protected Planet (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN): An Teallach
Protected Planet (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN)Protected area profile
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Protected Area Profile for An Teallach from the World Database on Protected Areas
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