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Fact · South Uist

Britain's most westerly mountain has the wrong name on the map

Britain's most westerly mountain has the wrong name on the map
Photo Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0

Beinn Mhòr on South Uist, 620 metres, is the most westerly mountain in Great Britain. Locals will tell you its proper Gaelic name is Gèideabhal; Beinn Mhòr just means big hill.

At 620 metres, Beinn Mhòr is the highest point on South Uist and the most westerly mountain in Scotland and Great Britain, with Hecla, 606 metres, close behind. The name on the map is Gaelic for 'big mountain'; the mountain's correct Gaelic name is Gèideabhal. On its southern slopes is Allt Volagir, one of the few patches of natural woodland left in the Hebrides.

Sources / notes: Wikipedia: Beinn Mhòr (South Uist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinn_Mhòr_(South_Uist) Wikipedia: Howmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howmore

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