Event

Cairngorm Plateau disaster

22 Nov 1971 · 57.09° N, 3.67° W

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When
22 Nov 1971
Kind
Event
Coordinates
57.09° N, 3.67° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Cairngorm Plateau disaster.

Summary

In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.

Cairngorm Plateau disaster

1971 Scottish mountaineering disaster

The Cairngorm Plateau disaster, also known as the Feith Buidhe disaster, occurred in November 1971 when six fifteen-year-old students from Edinburgh's Ainslie Park High School and their two leaders embarked on a two-day navigational expedition in a remote area of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands.

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