Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Am Basteir

934 m

3,064 ftDrop 49 mNG 465 253

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmAm Basteir934Bruach na Frithe958.8Sgurr nan Gillean966.1Sgurr a' Mhadaidh918Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh972.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmAm Basteir934Bruach na Frithe958.8Sgurr nan Gillean966.1
Looking north, 96 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Am Basteir is a Munro of 934 m in Highland. Only one Munro has less drop.

Higher ground is only 0.2 km away: Sgurr a' Fionn Choire (936 m) to the south-west. Its key col leads to Sgurr nan Gillean, not to its nearest higher summit, Sgurr a' Fionn Choire. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Meall a' Chrasgaidh (934.4 m) and Beinn Tarsuinn (Highland) (933.8 m). Bruach na Frithe stands only 0.5 km to the west. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 49 m of drop is short of 150 m. The key col is close by, only 0.1 km to the south at 885 m.

To scale

Summit934 mKey col885 msea level
Key col NG 465 252, 0.1 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

934 m243rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

49 m1048th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.2 km1136th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Bruach na Frithe0.5 km west
    958.8 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr nan Gillean0.6 km east
    966.1 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr a' Mhadaidh2.6 km south-west
    918 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh3.0 km south-west
    972.1 m
1234Bruach na FritheN2 km

Lists

  • 242nd highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr a' Fionn Choire, 936 m, 0.2 km south-west
Parent Marilyn
Sgurr nan Gillean
Region
17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills
OS map
32
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
1254
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Am Basteir

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). How high are the Munros?