SGa deep bowl-shaped area on a mountain 〔山中的〕冰斗,围谷
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corrie• If it is a crannog, it's in a strange place, stuck high above the glen in a corrie.• In this way hollows, called corries, were formed.• Certaincorries are always favourites for dropping calves and, if known, should be avoided at that time.• But by walking up to the easterncorrie, Coire an Dothaidh, fear is not an issue; only legmuscle.• Sharpridges, or arêtes, were formed between the corries and some of the mountains have pyramidal peaks.• You then go around the south-west shoulder of Sgurr Dearg to reach the corrie.• The corrie is an awe-inspiringamphitheatre below a ring of peaks that rise like cathedrals, their rockarchitecture being very spectacular.