Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Beinn a' Chaorainn

1,049.1 m

3,442 ftDrop 227 mNN 386 850

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn a' Chaorainn1,049.1Beinn Teallach914.6Creag Meagaidh1,128.1Carn Dearg834.4Stob Poite Coire Ardair1,052.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chaorainn1,049.1Beinn Teallach914.6Creag Meagaidh1,128.1
Looking north, 1711 km wide, heights ×45 (method).

Beinn a' Chaorainn is a Munro of 1,049.1 m in Highland. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr Fhuar-thuill (1,049.2 m) and Chno Dearg (1,047.5 m).

It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 34 and 41.

To scale

Summit1,049.1 mKey col822 msea level
Key col NN 396 866, 1.9 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,049.1 m82nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

227 m598th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.1 km421st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Teallach2.6 km west
    914.6 m
  2. 2
    Creag Meagaidh4.1 km north-east
    1,128.1 m
  3. 3
    Carn Dearg5.5 km north-west
    834.4 m
  4. 4
    Stob Poite Coire Ardair5.7 km north-east
    1,052.5 m
1234Beinn TeallachCarn DeargN2 km

Lists

  • 82nd highest of 282 Munros
  • 64th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Creag Meagaidh, 1,128.1 m, 4.1 km north-east
Region
09C: Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan
OS map
34, 41
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
663
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Chaorainn

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