CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS


Meaning of CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS in English

Mountain range, northeastern Scotland .

It is located in the Highlands between the Spey and Dee river valleys; its highest peak is Ben Macdui, at 4,296 ft (1,309 m) the second-highest (after Ben Nevis ) in the British Isles. Since World War II winter sports have developed in the area. It is a chief source of the cairngorm variety of quartz.

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