Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Beinn an Aodainn

887 m

Ben Aden

2,910 ftDrop 250.7 mNM 899 986

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn an Aodainn887Sgurr na Ciche1,040.2Garbh Chioch Mhor1,012.9Sgurr a' Choire-bheithe913.3Luinne Bheinn938.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn an Aodainn887Sgurr na Ciche1,040.2Garbh Chioch Mhor1,012.9
Looking north, 108 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Beinn an Aodainn is a Corbett of 887 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Sgurr na Ciche at 1,040.2 m.

It sits below Sgurr na Ciche, only 2.0 km to the south and 153.2 m higher. It shares its height of 887 m with Meall a' Ghiuthais. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Aonach Shasuinn (888 m) and Meall a' Ghiuthais (887 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Sgurr na Ciche, is a Munro, 2.0 km to the south. Its other name is Ben Aden. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 33 and 40.

To scale

Summit887 mKey col636.3 msea level
Key col NM 9126 9764, 1.7 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

887 m321st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

250.7 m536th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.0 km784th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr na Ciche2.0 km south
    1,040.2 m
  2. 2
    Garbh Chioch Mhor2.7 km south-east
    1,012.9 m
  3. 3913.3 m
  4. 4
    Luinne Bheinn3.6 km north-west
    938.6 m
1234Sgurr na CicheLuinne BheinnN2 km

Lists

  • 38th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 262nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr na Ciche, 1,040.2 m, 2.0 km south
Region
10B: Knoydart to Glen Kingie
OS map
33, 40
Summit
Rock 15m SE of cairn
DoBIH no.
747
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn an Aodainn

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