Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

An Socach

919.7 m

3,017 ftDrop 123.8 mNH 088 229

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmAn Socach919.7Mullach na Dheiragain982Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan1,149.7Mam Sodhail1,179.4Carn Eighe1,182.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmAn Socach919.7Mullach na Dheiragain982Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan1,149.7
Looking north, 149 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

An Socach is a Munro of 919.7 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Carn Eighe at 1,182.8 m.

Its key col leads to Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan, not to its nearest higher summit, Stob Coire nan Dearcag. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 123.8 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Stob Coire nan Dearcag (939.1 m, 1.7 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 25 and 33.

To scale

Summit919.7 mKey col796 msea level
Key col NH 0787 2289, 0.9 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

919.7 m272nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

123.8 m933rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.7 km868th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1982 m
  2. 21,149.7 m
  3. 3
    Mam Sodhail3.9 km north-east
    1,179.4 m
  4. 4
    Carn Eighe4.8 km north-east
    1,182.8 m
1234Mam SodhailCarn EigheN2 km

Lists

  • 271st highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Stob Coire nan Dearcag, 939.1 m, 1.7 km west
Region
11A: Loch Duich to Cannich
OS map
25, 33
Summit
Cairn on outcrop
DoBIH no.
845
Map of Britain and Ireland marking An Socach

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