Summit Register

Munro · Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Beinn a' Ghlo – Carn nan Gabhar

1,121.9 m

3,681 ftDrop 658 mNN 971 733

Finder: 28 Munros in Perth and Kinross

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn a' Ghlo – Carn nan Gabhar1,121.9Beinn a' Ghlo – Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain1,070Ben Vuirich903.1Beinn a' Ghlo – Carn Liath975.8Carn a' Chlamain963.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Ghlo – Carn nan Gabhar1,121.9Beinn a' Ghlo – Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain1,070Ben Vuirich903.1
Looking north, 1712 km wide, heights ×46 (method).

Beinn a' Ghlo – Carn nan Gabhar is a Munro of 1,121.9 m in Perth and Kinross. In the database's Pitlochry to Braemar & Blairgowrie region it is the highest of 16 register hills, above Beinn a' Ghlo – Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain and 14 others.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn a' Ghlo – Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain, reaches 1,070 m. Of the register hills in Perth and Kinross, only Ben Lawers and Meall Garbh (Perth and Kinross, NN644437) stand higher. It is 232.4 m above the average height of the 62 register hills in Perth and Kinross. The database describes the top as a rock at base of large cairn.

To scale

Summit1,121.9 mKey col464 mdrop 658 msea level
Key col NN 990 726, 2.0 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,121.9 m33rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

658 m78th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

19.0 km69th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,070 m
  2. 2
    Ben Vuirich4.2 km south-east
    903.1 m
  3. 3975.8 m
  4. 4
    Carn a' Chlamain6.0 km north-west
    963.5 m
1234Beinn a' GhloBen VuirichBeinn a' GhloCarn a' ChlamainN2 km

Lists

  • 33rd highest of 282 Munros
  • 28th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Bhrotain, 1,157 m, 19.0 km north
Region
06B: Pitlochry to Braemar & Blairgowrie
OS map
43
Summit
Rock at base of large cairn
DoBIH no.
421
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar

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