Beinn Ìme

Beinn Ìme
Beinn Ìme seen from Butter Bridge in Glen Kinglas.
Highest point
Elevation1,011 m (3,317 ft)[1]
Prominencec. 696 m
Parent peakBen Oss
ListingMunro, Marilyn
Naming
English translationButter Mountain
Language of nameScottish Gaelic
PronunciationEnglish: /bɛn ˈiːmə/ ben EE-mə[2]
Scottish Gaelic: [peɲ ˈimə] ⓘ
Geography
LocationArgyll and Bute, Scotland
Parent rangeArrochar Alps, Grampian Mountains
OS gridNN255084

Beinn Ìme (Scottish Gaelic for 'Butter Mountain') is the highest mountain in the Arrochar Alps of Argyll, in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. The summit elevation is 1,011 metres (3,317 ft) and it is listed as a Munro.

Beinn Ìme seen from the Corbett Beinn Luibhean, 1.5 km to the SW.
Beinn Ìme is the snowy peak in the centre, with The Cobbler in front and Beinn Narnain further east (right).

References

  1. ^ "walkhighlands Beinn Ìme". walkhighlands.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 8.

56°14′10″N 4°49′01″W / 56.23601°N 4.81704°W / 56.23601; -4.81704

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