Quiraing

Local nameQuiraing
LocationSkye - An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, UK

The Quiraing is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock. Within the hollow is a raised plateau the size of a football field, known as the Table. Other distinctive features of the landscape are the Needle, a jagged pinnacle rising to 120 feet, and the Prison, a mass of rock resembling a medieval keep.Like the rest of the Trotternish escarpment, the Quiraing was formed when a thick layer of flood basalt spread over the peninsula and destabilized the weak sedimentary rocks below, causing a succession of landslides. It has been renowned for its fantastical appearance since the Victorian period. The poet Alexander Smith dubbed it "a nightmare of nature".

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiraing

More Info https://www.isleofskye.com/skye-guide/top-ten-skye-walks/the-quiraing

Address IV51 9, United Kingdom

Coordinates 57°38'23.05" N -6°16'26.88" E

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