Arkle (hill)

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Arkle

Arkle above the shores of Loch Stack
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.