Glen Shira
- Depth
- 415 m
- Rim
- 546 m
- Length
- 8 km
- Tonight
- 0°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h SE
Glen Shira is up to 415 m deep: the rim reaches 546 m and the floor 0 m, along 8 km.
Open the 3D viewDepth of Glen Shira
Up to 415 m deep (typically 336 m) along the 8.0 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Glen Shira 3D map
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Glen Shira terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Glen Shira elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Glen Shira weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 8 km/h SE
Glen Shira forecast for about 546 m.
- Tonight0°–8 km/h SE
- Today1°6°38.8 mm36 km/h W
- Sun3°6°6.5 mm39 km/h W
- Mon3°5°21.2 mm25 km/h S
- Tue4°8°14.8 mm31 km/h SW
- Wed5°7°1.4 mm17 km/h W
- Thu7°8°1.1 mm18 km/h SE
- Fri7°7°6.7 mm17 km/h SE
- Sat3°7°4.9 mm16 km/h SE
- Sun3°4°4.7 mm14 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Glen Shira
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glen Shira, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
3.3 km NE
Nearest parking
3.8 km SE
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 71% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.6% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 848 m low point 0 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6 km of Glen Shira.
Summit list 3
- 1Tom a Bhuachaile431 m 2.6 km ENE
- 2Beinn Ghlas550 m 4.3 km N
- 3Clachan Hill658 m 5.3 km ENE
Where Glen Shira sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)