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Strath of Kildonan

Floor4 m13 ft
Depth
401 m
Rim
427 m
Length
29.2 km
Tonight
-1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h W

Strath of Kildonan is up to 401 m deep: the rim reaches 427 m and the floor 4 m, along 29.2 km.

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Floor
4 m
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Depth

Depth of Strath of Kildonan

Up to 401 m deep (typically 208 m) along the 29.2 km in view.

0200400600401 mrimfloor0102029.2 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Strath of Kildonan 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17.6 × 17.6 km

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Topographic map

Strath of Kildonan terrain and contours

25 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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Strath of Kildonan elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Strath of Kildonan weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 10 km/h W

Strath of Kildonan forecast for about 427 m.

  • Tonight-1°–10 km/h W
  • Today-1°4°11.6 mm43 km/h SE
  • Sun3°5°22.3 mm53 km/h W
  • Mon2°6°7.7 mm33 km/h SE
  • Tue4°11°9.2 mm45 km/h W
  • Wed4°8°0.6 mm20 km/h SW
  • Thu5°9°–16 km/h SE
  • Fri7°8°5.3 mm20 km/h SE
  • Sat5°8°28.8 mm24 km/h SE
  • Sun4°5°14.3 mm22 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.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 17.6 × 17.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
86.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
12.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.7% of the 310 km² view
Relief in view
697 m low point 0 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 96.1%Trees 3.1%Water 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 8.8 km of Strath of Kildonan.

NESW5 km10 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Cnoc Salislade482 m 1.6 km N
  2. 2Creag nan Geàrr514 m 2.5 km NE
  3. 3Creag Scalabsdale555 m 3.3 km ENE
  4. 4Ben Uarie623 m 6.1 km S
  5. 5Beinn Dhorain628 m 6.9 km SSW
  6. 6The Craggan482 m 7.1 km SSW
  7. 7Beinn Mhealaich592 m 7.7 km SSE
  8. 8Cnoc nan Crùbag Mòr421 m 8.7 km SW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.8 km; 95 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Red Deer15
  • Greylag Goose5
  • Castor Bean Tick5
  • Round-leaved sundew4
  • Heath spotted orchid4
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher3
Where it sits

Where Strath of Kildonan sits

Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
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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 2024 (scene 2024-09-18)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia