Also known as Foinnebheinn
Foinaven () is a mountain in Scotland, situated in the northwest corner of the Scottish Highlands. It has a conspicuous white cap of Cambrian quartzite which overlies the ancient Lewisian gneiss basement. This relatively thin quartzite sheet is resistant to normal chemical weathering and erosion, hence the survival of a chain of similar peaks such as neighbouring Arkle and Cranstackie, but is vulnerable to frost shattering, hence the sharp crests around the corries and extensive block fields and scree slopes.
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Foinaven () is a mountain in Scotland, situated in the northwest corner of the Scottish Highlands. It has a conspicuous white cap of Cambrian quartzite which overlies the ancient Lewisian gneiss basement. This relatively thin quartzite sheet is resistant to normal chemical weathering and erosion, hence the survival of a chain of similar peaks such as neighbouring Arkle and Cranstackie, but is vulnerable to frost shattering, hence the sharp crests around the corries and extensive block fields and scree slopes.
Foinaven was named Foinne Bheinn on the first Ordnance Survey map edition of 1878, a name now added back. Its surveyed height was 2980 ft. This was revised to 914 metres on early metric editions, thus potentially qualifying it as a Munro, but an accurate survey in 2007 confirmed that at 911 metres it falls short of the required ..
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