Garbh Choire Mòr

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Garbh Choire Mòr is a famously remote and snow-holding corrie on the slopes of Braeriach in the Cairngorms of Scotland, known for often containing some of the UK's longest-lasting snow patches.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Garbh Choire Mòr canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf corrie ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
accessDifficulty remote and strenuous ⓘ
administrativeArea Aberdeenshire ⓘ
Highland (historic region) ⓘ
linked to: Highland
climateClassification subarctic mountain climate ⓘ
climateFeature cold microclimate ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
drainage River Dee catchment ⓘ
elevationApprox over 1100 metres ⓘ
geology granite ⓘ
hasClimbingRoutes winter climbing routes ⓘ
hasFeature rocky headwalls ⓘ
snow-filled gullies ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
hasNotableSnowPatch Pinnacles snow patch ⓘ
Sphinx snow patch ⓘ
knownFor harsh winter conditions ⓘ
long-lasting snow patches ⓘ
remoteness ⓘ
snow persistence ⓘ
languageOfName Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn Cairngorms ⓘ
locatedNear Lairig Ghru ⓘ
locatedOn Braeriach ⓘ
mountainRange Grampian Mountains ⓘ
nameMeaningApprox great rough corrie ⓘ
nearestSummit Braeriach ⓘ
notableEvent site of some of the last surviving snow in Scotland in many years ⓘ
notableForUK among the UK’s most persistent natural snow sites ⓘ
orientation generally north to north-east facing ⓘ
partOf Braeriach massif ⓘ
linked to: Braeriach

Cairngorms National Park ⓘ
central Cairngorm plateau ⓘ
popularWith hillwalkers ⓘ
mountaineers ⓘ
snow patch researchers ⓘ
region Scottish Highlands ⓘ
shelteredBy Braeriach plateau ⓘ
linked to: Braeriach
snowObservationSite long-term UK snow patch records ⓘ
snowPatchesOftenLastUntil late summer ⓘ
snowPatchesSometimesLastUntil early winter ⓘ
snowPatchesSometimesSurviveUntil following winter ⓘ
topographicalType glacial cirque ⓘ
north-facing corrie ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Braeriach → hasCorrie → Garbh Choire Mòr ⓘ
Am Bràigh Riabhach → hasCorrie → Garbh Choire Mòr ⓘ