Kintail
Sign in to saveKintail () is a mountainous area sitting at the head of Loch Duich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the Highland Council area.
Key facts
- Protected area.name
- Kintail National Scenic Area
- Protected area.image
- Five Sisters of Kintail.jpg
- Protected area.image_caption
- Five Sisters of Kintail from Màm Ratagan
- Protected area.location
- Highland, Scotland
- Protected area.map
- Scotland Highland
- Protected area.relief
- 1
- Protected area.map_caption
- Location of Kintail within Highland
- Protected area.area_sqmi
- 66
- Protected area.established
- 1981
- Protected area.governing_body
- NatureScot
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elevation
- +1068
- Owned by
- National Trust for Scotland
- Operator
- National Trust for Scotland
- Official website
- www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/kintail
- Image
- Five Sisters of Kintail.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- Area Overview
- Kintail National Scenic Area
- Mountains
- Ownership
- Wildlife and nature
- History
- References
- External links
Kintail () is a mountainous area sitting at the head of Loch Duich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the Highland Council area.
==Name== The area is called Cinn t-Sàile in Scottish Gaelic – which, since the "s" is silent, is anglicised as Kintail – and literally translates as the Head (ie end) of the Salt Water/Sea, describing very literally the area sitting at the head/end of Loch Duich (a long fjord-like sea loch).