Landscape of Flowering Heather and Dark Lochnagar mountain from Glen Muick, Balmoral Estate, in the Highland Cairngorms National Park, Scotland UK
Lochnagar or Beinn Chìochan is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about five miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral. It is named after Lochan na Gaire, the 'little loch of the noisy sound', a loch to be found in the mountain's northeast corrie. Today the lochan is popularly called Lochnagar too. The summit is usually referred to as Cac Càrn Beag, meaning "small cairn of faeces" in Gaelic. Beinn Chìochan ('breast mountain') is an alternative Gaelic name. The mountain's principal feature is a north-facing corrie around which most of the subsidiary tops as well as the main peak sit. The mountain is a Munro and is popular with hillwalkers at all times of the year. The most common route of ascent is from Glen Muick. Care should be taken on the summit in poor visibility; the plateau is mostly devoid of obvious features and has steep cliffs on its northern edge
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Location: Lochnagar from the Spittal of Glen Muick, Ballater, Scotland uk
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