Quiraing

Also known as Quirang, Cuidh Fhraing

thumb|View towards the Quiraing The Quiraing () is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock. Within the hollow is a raised plateau the size of a football field, known as the Table. Other distinctive features of the landscape are the Needle, a jagged pinnacle rising to , and the Prison, a mass of rock resembling a medieval keep.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in GB, across 2 mapped points.

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Instance of: mountain
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Highland
Elevation: 342
Image: Quiraing - geograph.org.uk - 1470596.jpg

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Commons category: Quiraing
mountain range: Scottish Highlands
OS grid reference: NG4544369252
topographic prominence: 44
historic county: Inverness-shire
located in/on physical feature: Trotternish

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Like the rest of the Trotternish escarpment, the Quiraing was formed when a thick layer of flood basalt spread over the peninsula and destabilized the weak sedimentary rocks below, causing a succession of landslides. It has been renowned for its fantastical appearance since the Victorian period. The poet Alexander Smith dubbed it "a nightmare of nature".

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