Arkle (hill)
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Arkle | |
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Arkle above the shores of Loch Stack |
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Elevation | 787 m (2580 ft) |
Location | Sutherland, Scotland |
Prominence | 690 m |
Topo map | OS Landranger 9 |
OS grid reference | NC302461 |
Listing | Marilyn, Corbett |
Translation | Elm tree hill (Scottish Gaelic) |
Pronunciation | [ɑɹkəl] |
Arkle is a mountain in Scotland, situated in the far north-west corner of the Scottish Highlands. Like many of the monolithic mountains that surround it, the mountain is made up of quartzite on a bed of Lewisian gneiss. The quartzite, being tougher, resisted erosion of the surrounding gneiss.