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Slioch from Loch Maree
Slioch above Loch Maree

Wester Ross is part of the Scottish county of Ross and Cromarty. It is in the northwest highlands. It has some of the most spectacular scenery in Great Britain, and is a tourist attraction.

Wester Ross is geographically the western watershed of Ross-shire. Administrative and political boundaries have been changed a number of times.

The mountains are made of a very old Precambrian rock known as the Torridonian sandstone formation. It was laid down in the Neoproterozoic era.

Gallery

  • Shieldaig from the Applecross road

    Shieldaig, viewed from the road to Applecross

  • Loch Torridon, Scotland

    Upper Loch Torridon from the A896

  • Sgurr fiona

    Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach

  • Horns of Alligin

    View east from Sgurr Mhòr over the "Horns"

  • Liathach from Beinn Eighe

    Liathach seen from Beinn Eighe. The two Munro summits are in the background.

Images for kids

  • ScotlandEasterRossWesterRoss

    Location of Wester Ross and Easter Ross within Scotland.

  • Ullapool sun

    Ullapool, founded as a fishing village in 1789.

  • Scots pine on Coille Creag-Loch - geograph.org.uk - 1801324

    Scots pine at Coille Creag-Loch near Shieldaig.

  • InvereweGardens-pjt1

    Inverewe Garden

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