Highlands, the
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The distinguishing features of its culture were the style of dress (including the kilt and tartan) and the clan system, now in disuse except for historical observances.
It is famous for its rugged beauty.
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Reaching the top of Carn na h-Easgainn in the Highlands, the 38-year-old becomes one of an elite group of about 100 people who have stood on all 1,072 summits.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
This being the Highlands, the great outdoors beckons.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
As well as the Highlands, the challenge took in the Lake District and Snowdonia in Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2022
Many people in the Potomac Highlands, the six-county region that Eastern serves, commute.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
On this Laurentian gneiss, in parts of the western Highlands, the Lower Cambrian and various metamorphic rocks rest unconformably.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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