Great Glen

E30366

geological fault glen valley

The Great Glen is a major geological fault and valley in the Scottish Highlands, stretching coast to coast and containing a chain of lochs including the famous Loch Ness.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Great Glen canonical	24
Great Glen of Scotland	1
Great Glen valley	1
Scotland’s Great Glen	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological fault ⓘ glen ⓘ valley ⓘ
connects	east coast of Scotland ⓘ west coast of Scotland ⓘ
contains	Caledonian Canal ⓘ Loch Linnhe ⓘ Loch Lochy ⓘ Loch Ness ⓘ Loch Oich ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
extendsFrom	Moray Firth ⓘ
extendsTo	Loch Linnhe ⓘ
geologicalAge	Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
geologicalFeature	strike-slip fault zone ⓘ
hasCity	Inverness ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	forestry ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ
hasFeature	chain of freshwater lochs ⓘ fault-controlled topography ⓘ steep-sided mountains ⓘ
hasLandscape	glacially carved valley ⓘ
hasRoute	canoe trail ⓘ long-distance footpath ⓘ
hasTown	Fort William ⓘ
hasWaterway	River Lochy ⓘ River Ness ⓘ River Oich ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs	Glen Albyn ⓘ Glen More ⓘ
linkedTo	Loch Ness Monster folklore ⓘ
locatedIn	Highland region of Scotland ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ
orientation	southwest–northeast ⓘ
partOf	Great Glen Fault ⓘ
separates	Scottish Highlands ⓘ surface form: Grampian Mountains Scottish Highlands ⓘ surface form: Northwest Highlands
stretchesFrom	Inverness ⓘ
stretchesTo	Fort William ⓘ
traversedBy	A82 road ⓘ Great Glen Way ⓘ
usedFor	navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Highlands → contains → Great Glen ⓘ

Great Glen Fault → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Great Glen Fault → follows → Great Glen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Glen valley

Great Glen Fault → formsValley → Great Glen ⓘ

Urquhart Castle → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Caledonian fault system → crosses → Great Glen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Glen of Scotland

Loch Ness → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Caledonian Canal → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Glen Albyn → alsoKnownAs → Great Glen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotland’s Great Glen

Glen Albyn → historicalNameFor → Great Glen ⓘ

Loch Lochy → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Loch Lochy → region → Great Glen ⓘ

Loch Oich → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Fort Augustus → partOf → Great Glen ⓘ

Great Glen Way → follows → Great Glen ⓘ

Outdoor Capital of the UK → associatedWith → Great Glen ⓘ

River Ness → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

River Oich → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

River Oich → isInValley → Great Glen ⓘ

Glen More → alsoKnownAs → Great Glen ⓘ

Glen More → GaelicNameMeaning → Great Glen ⓘ

Old Fort of Fort William (ruins) → locatedNear → Great Glen ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Fort of Fort William

An Gearasdan → associatedWith → Great Glen ⓘ

Nevis Range → hasViewOf → Great Glen ⓘ

River Lochy → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ

Loch Dochfour → locatedIn → Great Glen ⓘ