Summit Register

Graham · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Beinn a' Chaolais

735.2 m

2,412 ftDrop 361.1 mNR 488 734

Finder: 40 Grahams in Argyll and Bute

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn a' Chaolais735.2Beinn an Oir785Beinn Shiantaidh757.2Beinn Bharrain – Mullach Buidhe721.4Ben Buie718.1
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chaolais735.2Beinn an Oir785Beinn Shiantaidh757.2
Looking north, 1598 km wide, heights ×315 (method).

Beinn a' Chaolais is a Graham of 735.2 m in Argyll and Bute. It is one of only three register hills in the Jura, Scarba and Colonsay region, with Beinn an Oir and Beinn Shiantaidh.

On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Marsco (737.2 m) and Beinn na h-Eaglaise (Highland, NG908523) (735.1 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Beinn an Oir, is a Corbett, 1.8 km to the north-east. The database describes the top as a rock by cairn/shelter. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 60 and 61.

To scale

Summit735.2 mKey col374.1 mdrop 361.1 msea level
Key col NR 4954 7406, 1.0 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

735.2 m543rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

361.1 m336th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.8 km843rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn an Oir1.8 km north-east
    785 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Shiantaidh2.8 km north-east
    757.2 m
  3. 3721.4 m
  4. 4
    Ben Buie54.8 km north
    718.1 m
1234Beinn an OirBeinn ShiantaidhBeinn BharrainBen BuieN10 km

Lists

  • 37th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 546th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn an Oir, 785 m, 1.8 km north-east
Region
20A: Jura, Scarba and Colonsay
OS map
60, 61
Summit
Rock by cairn/shelter
DoBIH no.
1451
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Chaolais

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