Type Tiered Number of drops 1 | Total height 200 m / 658 ft Longest drop 200 m | |
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Similar Falls of Kirkaig, Falls of Glomach, Quinag, Ardvreck Castle, Oloʻupena Falls | ||
Eas a chual aluinn
Eas a' Chual Aluinn (grid reference NC281278) in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, is the highest waterfall in the United Kingdom with a sheer drop of 658 ft (200 m). When in full flow it is over three times higher than Niagara Falls.
The waterfall can be reached by a six-mile walk across boggy ground from the road three miles south of Kylesku in Sutherland. In good weather, a boat-trip runs from the slipway by the Kylesku Hotel to Loch Beag, from where the waterfall is visible.
The name is a corruption of Scottish Gaelic "Eas a' Chùil Àlainn", ("waterfall of the beautiful tresses").
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