Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Moray, Scotland

Beinn a' Bhuird

1,196 m

Beinn a' Bhuird North Top

3,924 ftDrop 456.2 mNJ 092 006

Finder: 4 Munros in Aberdeenshire, Moray

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn a' Bhuird1,196Ben Avon – Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe1,172Beinn a' Chaorainn1,083.3Beinn Bhreac930.3Creag Mhor895
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn a' Bhuird1,196Ben Avon – Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe1,172Beinn a' Chaorainn1,083.3
Looking north, 1613 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Beinn a' Bhuird is a Munro of 1,196 m in Aberdeenshire, Moray. In the database's Cairngorms region it is the highest of 14 register hills, above Ben Avon – Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe and 12 others.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Ben Avon – Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe, reaches 1,172 m. Of the register hills in Aberdeenshire, Moray, only Ben Macdui stands higher. Its other name is Beinn a' Bhuird North Top.

To scale

Summit1,196 mKey col739.8 msea level
Key col NJ 0332 0045, 5.9 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,196 m11th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

456.2 m233rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

9.3 km165th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,172 m
  2. 2
    Beinn a' Chaorainn4.8 km west
    1,083.3 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Bhreac4.9 km south-west
    930.3 m
  4. 4
    Creag Mhor5.4 km north-west
    895 m
1234Ben AvonBeinn BhreacCreag MhorN2 km

Lists

  • 11th highest of 282 Munros
  • 8th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cairn Gorm, 1,244.8 m, 9.3 km west
Region
08B: Cairngorms
OS map
36
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
529
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Bhuird

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