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Cuillin

The Cuillin (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuiltheann) is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also called the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin (na Beanntan Dearga), which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan.

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Location
Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland
Area
227 km2 (88 sq mi)
Established
1981
Governing body
NatureScot

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Etymology

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Climbing and hillwalking

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Cuillin

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Triples182
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Cuillin

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related to history · 50
Cuillin → Airde, Alfred Harker, Alpine, BC, Black Cuillin, Bronze Age, Clan Macdonald, Clan MacLeod, Coire Na Creich, Cracks, Despite, Due, Dùnain, Edinburgh, Following, Forbes, Glen Sligachan, Glenbrittle, Harta Corrie, He
related to Cultural references · 41
Cuillin → An Cuillithionn, Bear Grylls, Black Cuillin, Black Mountains, Brave, Broadford Bazaar, Cave, Coolins, Cuillin Hills, Cuillins, Danny MacAskill, Dark, Eddie Campbell, Gaelic-language, In, In Jethro Tull's, Isle, Isles, John Buchan, MacRaing
related to Ownership · 26
Cuillin → Bla Bheinn, Black Cuillin, Black Cuillins, Clan MacDonald, Clan MacLeod, Crown, Dunvegan Castle, Following, Glen Sligachan, However, Hugh Magnus MacLeod, Ian Anderson, In, Jethro Tull, John MacLeod, John Muir Trust, MacLeod, MacLeod's Tables, MacLeods, Red Cuillin
related to Etymology · 19
Cuillin → Another, Cúchullin, Drummond, Gaelic, However, Irish, Mountain Names, Norse, Old Norse, One, Peter Drummond, Scandinavian Mountains, Scottish Hill, Scáthach, Skye, Slieve Gullion, The, There, Viking
related to Gallery · 16
Cuillin → An Coileach, Beinn Dearg Mòr, Black Cuillin, CuillinSgùrr, Drum, ElgolThe, GilleanSgùrr Alasdair, Glamaig, Inaccessible Pinnacle, Loch ScavaigLoch Coruisk, Loch SlapinThe Black Cuillin, PortreeBlà Bheinn, Red Cuillin, Ruaige, Sgùrr DeargThe Red Cuillin, The Black Cuillin
related to Climbing and hillwalking · 14
Cuillin → Black Cuillin, Blaven, Elgol, Glen Sligachan, Glenbrittle, Inaccessible Pinnacle, Loch Coruisk, Moderate, Munros, Navigation, Only, Sligachan, The, Twelve Black Cuillin
related to List of summits · 6
Cuillin → Clach Glas, Corbetts, Grahams, It, Munros, The
Area · 1
Cuillin → 227 km2 (88 sq mi)
Coordinates · 1
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Established · 1
Cuillin → 1981

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sligachan black skye ridge hills traverse red sgùrr gabbro scotland na nan gillean macleod glen rock range mountains main loch

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CuillinArea227 km2 (88 sq mi)1.00infobox
CuillinCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
CuillinEstablished19811.00infobox
CuillinGoverning bodyNatureScot1.00infobox
CuillinLocationIsle of Skye, Highland, Scotland1.00infobox
Cuillinis akey thematic device in the Gaelic-language family film Seachd0.90text
Slieve Gullioninstance ofwhich is found in mountain names0.80text
John MacKenzieinstance ofMany of the summits are thus named after early climbers0.80text
Clach Glasinstance ofexcludes peaks0.80text
which do not meet the criteria for these hill listingsinstance ofexcludes peaks0.80text
Cuillinrelated to Climbing and hillwalkingThe0.60section
Cuillinrelated to Climbing and hillwalkingTwelve Black Cuillin0.60section

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