Loch a' Chairn Bhain (Cairnbawn), view to Quinag, near Kylesku, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Quinag covers 3,699 hectares (equivalent to 5,180 football pitches) of the Assynt–Coigach National Scenic Area in Sutherland. Quinag is an anglicisation of its Gaelic name, A’ Chuinneag (meaning the milk pail). It’s not a single mountain but a dramatic range of peaks.
Loch Cairnbawn is one of the most northerly of Scottish sea lochs, only Lochs Laxford, Dughaill and Inchard lying further north on the west coast. The Y'-shaped loch system, comprising Lochs a' Chairn Bhain, Glencoul, Glendhu, Beag and Shark, is 15 km long and reaches maximum depths of 111 m in the deepest of its six basins.
Loch a' Chairn Bhain (Cairnbawn), view to Quinag, near Kylesku, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Quinag covers 3,699 hectares (equivalent to 5,180 football pitches) of the Assynt–Coigach National Scenic Area in Sutherland. Quinag is an anglicisation of its Gaelic name, A’ Chuinneag (meaning the milk pail). It’s not a single mountain but a dramatic range of peaks.
Loch Cairnbawn is one of the most northerly of Scottish sea lochs, only Lochs Laxford, Dughaill and Inchard lying further north on the west coast. The Y'-shaped loch system, comprising Lochs a' Chairn Bhain, Glencoul, Glendhu, Beag and Shark, is 15 km long and reaches maximum depths of 111 m in the deepest of its six basins.