Quinag
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Quinag is an 808 m high mountain range in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuin
Quinag in the distance from the western end of Loch Assynt
Torridon Group
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The Torridon Group is a series of Tonian arenaceous and argillaceous sedimentary rocks, which occur extensively in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. These strata are particularly well exposed in th
Quinag
…crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milk pail, reflecting its distinctive shape. Geologically, Quinag is made of Torridonian sandstone, resting on a substrate of Lewisian gneiss. The highest peaks are capped by a thin skin of Cambrian quartzites with the gentle eastern slope of Spidean…
Layers of sandstone of the Diabaig Formation exposed near Diabaig
Slioch formed of Torridon Group sandstones lying on an irregular unconformity over Lewisian gneiss, seen in the middle and foreground around Loch Maree
Horizontally bedded sandstones of the Torridon Group, forming the Horns of Beinn Alligin
Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach