Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Arkle

785.9 m

2,578 ftDrop 391 mNC 302 461

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmArkle785.9Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911Ben Stack721Meall Horn776.7Sabhal Beag730.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmArkle785.9Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911Ben Stack721
Looking north, 2214 km wide, heights ×68 (method).

Arkle is a Corbett of 785.9 m in Highland. It sits below Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor, only 4.7 km to the north and 125.1 m higher.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Carn na Nathrach (786 m) and Beinn an Oir (785 m). Its nearest higher summit, Stob Cadha na Beucaich (805 m, 3.4 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit785.9 mKey col395 mdrop 391 msea level
Key col NC 336 451, 3.5 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

785.9 m466th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

391 m301st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.4 km517th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1911 m
  2. 2
    Ben Stack5.1 km south-west
    721 m
  3. 3
    Meall Horn5.1 km east
    776.7 m
  4. 4
    Sabhal Beag7.7 km south-east
    730.4 m
1234Ben StackMeall HornSabhal BeagN5 km

Lists

  • 182nd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 439th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Stob Cadha na Beucaich, 805 m, 3.4 km north-east
Region
16B: Durness to Loch Shin
OS map
9
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
1129
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Arkle

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures