Europe / Northwest Highlands

Càrn Eige

United Kingdom · 1,183 m

Photo credits and licenceMick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carn Eighe from Mam Sodhail. Preview cropped from the top.

Mick Knapton at the English-language Wikipedia

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Geographic record · climbing details incomplete

By Climbing Chronicle Redaktion · Planning sources: review open

About Càrn Eige

Càrn Eige is recorded in United Kingdom. The recorded summit elevation is 1,183 metres above sea level. The atlas assigns it to Northwest Highlands using source-linked geographic relationships. The recorded position is 57.2877° N, 5.1152° W.

Geographic source notes

Wikidata description: 1182m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK. Imported context (CC0); retrieved 2026-10-05, not independently reviewed.

This overview is assembled from the geographic records cited below; it has not been independently field-verified.

Mountain facts

Elevation
1183 metres above sea level
Country / territory
United Kingdom
Mountain range
Northwest Highlands
Range assignment
Source-linked Wikidata statement · 2026-10-05
Summit coordinates
57.287701, -5.115159 · View summit on OpenStreetMap

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Routes

Route research is open for this mountain. No checked route entries are published yet; this does not mean that no route exists.

Planning at a glance

Access and starting point

Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.

Difficulty and required experience

Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.

Season and restrictions

Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.

Sources for current information

No mountain-specific conditions source has yet been checked for this record.

This page stores reference sources, not live conditions. Check the provider’s publication date and route coverage before use.

Research still needed

For Càrn Eige, this atlas does not yet document route descriptions; first-ascent history; checked access details; checked difficulty; checked seasonal restrictions. Missing first-ascent evidence does not mean a mountain is unclimbed.

Use the linked sources as starting points; summit coordinates do not describe a climbing route or public access.

Sources and coverage

Imported geographic data from Wikidata (CC0); not independently field-verified. Data snapshot: 30 September 2026. Elevations and boundaries can differ between sources. Mountain-range membership follows explicit Wikidata relationships or a coordinate match against published GMBA v2 standard polygons. GMBA: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (2021), CC BY 4.0; methodology: Snethlage et al. (2022). Missing evidence remains open.

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Scottish Highlands · Northwest Highlands · Northwest European Highlands · Mountains in United Kingdom

Editorial responsibility

Responsible publisher and editorial author: Climbing Chronicle Redaktion. AI-assisted source research; no on-site inspection or professional route approval is claimed.

Planning source check
Open · no individual planning-source check recorded
Earlier profile review
Open · no complete editorial review recorded
Imported context retrieved
2026-10-05 · automated retrieval, not an editorial review

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Further reading about Càrn Eige

Links discovered through the Wikidata record. These articles have not been checked as evidence for route, difficulty or access claims.

Càrn Eige

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Mountains nearby

Recorded mountains, ordered by straight-line distance. This does not describe a route or accessible connection.

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