Foinaven
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| Foinaven | |
| Sutherland | |
|---|---|
 Foinaven seen from Achriesgill on Loch Inchard | |
| Summit: | 2,989 feet NC315507 58°24’44"N, 4°53’10"W |
Foinaven is a mountain in Sutherland.
Like many of the monolithic mountains that surround it, Foinaven is within the Moine Thrust Belt and is made up of imbricated layers of Cambrian quartzite which overlie the older Lewisian gneiss basement. The quartzite, being tougher, stood firm when all the surrounding rock was eroded away, leaving the huge mountain isolated.
The summit peak of the mountain is named Ganu Mòr.
Foinaven's smaller neighbour is Arkle.
Foinaven was formerly thought, by some, to qualify as a Munro, but an accurate survey in 2007 confirmed that it falls twelve feet short of the required 3,000 feet.[1]