Buachaille Etive Beag

Buachaille Etive Beag
Buachaille Èite Beag
The northern end of Buachaille Etive Beag, seen from Buachaille Etive Mòr
Highest point
Elevation958 m (3,143 ft)[1]
Prominencec. 468 m
Parent peakBuachaille Etive Mòr
ListingMunro, Marilyn
Coordinates56°38′17″N 4°58′15″W / 56.638159°N 4.970747°W / 56.638159; -4.970747
Naming
English translationlittle herdsman of Etive
Language of nameGaelic
PronunciationScottish Gaelic: [ˈpuəxəʎə ˈeʰtʲə ˈpek]
Geography
Map
LocationGlen Etive/Glen Coe, Scotland
OS gridNN179535
Topo mapOS Landranger 41
Stob Dubh
Stob Coire Raineach
Listed summits of Buachaille Etive Beag
Name Grid ref Height Status
Stob Dubh NN179535 958 m (3,143 ft) Munro, Marilyn
Stob Coire Raineach NN191548 925 m (3,035 ft) Munro, Marilyn

Buachaille Etive Beag (/ˈbuəxeɪl ˈɛtɪv ˈbɛɡ/,[2] Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Èite Beag,[3] 'little herdsman of Etive') is a mountain between Glen Coe and Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies west of Buachaille Etive Mòr, its larger neighbour, from which it is separated by a high mountain pass called Lairig Gartain.

Like its neighbour, Buachaille Etive Beag is a ridge about 3 km long that runs in a southwest–northeast direction. It has two peaks of Munro status: Stob Dubh (958 m) at the southern end, and Stob Coire Raineach (925 m) in the middle. The latter became a Munro in the 1997 revision of Munro's Tables, in which all tops with a topographic prominence of more than 500 feet (150 m) were promoted to full Munro status.[4] The smaller peak at the northern end is Stob nan Cabar.

  1. ^ "Information about Buachaille Etive Beag - Stob Coire Raineach". www.munromap.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. ^ Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
  3. ^ "Buachaille Etive Beag". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.
  4. ^ Bearhop, Derek, ed. (1997). Munro's Tables (Revised ed.). Scottish Mountaineering Club. ISBN 0-907521-53-3.