Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Moray, Scotland

Beinn a' Chaorainn

1,083.3 m

3,554 ftDrop 246.3 mNJ 045 013

Finder: 4 Munros in Aberdeenshire, Moray

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn a' Chaorainn1,083.3Beinn Mheadhoin1,182.9Creag Mhor895Derry Cairngorm1,155.8Beinn Bhreac930.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chaorainn1,083.3Beinn Mheadhoin1,182.9Creag Mhor895
Looking north, 1310 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Beinn a' Chaorainn is a Munro of 1,083.3 m in Aberdeenshire, Moray. It shares its height of 1,083.3 m with Schiehallion.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais (1,083.7 m) and Schiehallion (1,083.3 m). The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit1,083.3 mKey col837 msea level
Key col NJ 063 003, 2.1 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,083.3 m59th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

246.3 m547th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.1 km762nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Mheadhoin2.1 km west
    1,182.9 m
  2. 2
    Creag Mhor3.6 km north
    895 m
  3. 3
    Derry Cairngorm4.3 km south-west
    1,155.8 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Bhreac4.5 km south
    930.3 m
1234Beinn MheadhoinCreag MhorDerry CairngormBeinn BhreacN2 km

Lists

  • 59th highest of 282 Munros
  • 47th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Mheadhoin, 1,182.9 m, 2.1 km west
Region
08B: Cairngorms
OS map
36
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
559
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Chaorainn

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