Summit Register

Hills of Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross

Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross (Scotland) has 4 summits in this register, out of 18 hills of all sizes in the Database of British and Irish Hills. The highest is Beinn Iutharn Mhor at 1,045 m; the median height is 991.3 m and the median drop 273 m.

On the lists: Munros 4 · Marilyns 3

Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross in brief

Its highest hill, Beinn Iutharn Mhor, ranks 88th of the 737 register hills in Scotland. The median hill here is 135.7 m higher than the Scotland median of 855.6 m. The greatest drop belongs not to the highest but to An Sgarsoch, 319 m. For three of its 4 hills the nearest higher summit lies in another county entry, such as Beinn Iutharn Mhor, whose nearest higher summit is Glas Tulaichean. All 4 are Munros.

Most prominent

Greatest drop above the key col.

  1. An Sgarsoch
    319 m
  2. Carn a' Gheoidh
    299 m
  3. Beinn Iutharn Mhor
    247 m
  4. The Cairnwell
    127.1 m

Most isolated

Distance to the nearest higher summit.

  1. An Sgarsoch
    8.8 km
  2. Carn a' Gheoidh
    5.2 km
  3. Beinn Iutharn Mhor
    3.3 km
  4. The Cairnwell
    2.9 km

All 4 hills by height

No.HillHeightDropLists
1Beinn Iutharn Mhor1,045 m247 mMunros, MarilynsDrop 247 m
2An Sgarsoch1,006.5 m319 mMunros, MarilynsDrop 319 m
3Carn a' Gheoidh976.1 m299 mMunros, MarilynsDrop 299 m
4The Cairnwell933 m127.1 mMunrosDrop 127.1 m

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Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6, CC BY 4.0; counties as recorded in the database. Our own calculations.