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Sgurr nan Coireachan

hill or mountain · Highland · 954m

MunroMarilyn
GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a rocky peak associated with corries or hollows. It is composed of Gaelic words for rocky peak, of the, and corries.

Word origins

Sgurr
Gaelicrocky peak(from sgurr "rocky peak")
nan
Gaelicof the(from nan "of the (plural)")
Coireachan
Gaeliccorries(from coireachan "corries, hollows")