Summit Register

Corbett · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Beinn an Lochain

901.7 m

2,958 ftDrop 640 mNN 218 078

Finder: 16 Corbetts in Argyll and Bute

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn an Lochain901.7Beinn Luibhean859.7Stob Coire Creagach817.8Stob an Eas732.6Ben Donich846.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn an Lochain901.7Beinn Luibhean859.7Stob Coire Creagach817.8
Looking north, 109 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Beinn an Lochain is a Corbett of 901.7 m in Argyll and Bute. In the database's Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde region it is the highest of 16 register hills, above Ben Donich and 14 others.

Its drop of 640 m is 71% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 261.7 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn Luibhean, reaches 859.7 m. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn Damh (902.4 m) and Ben Tee (901.6 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Beinn Ime, is a Munro, 3.7 km to the east.

To scale

Summit901.7 mKey col261.7 mdrop 640 msea level
Key col NN 2300 0740, 1.3 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

901.7 m301st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

640 m93rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.7 km463rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Luibhean2.5 km east
    859.7 m
  2. 2
    Stob Coire Creagach3.3 km north
    817.8 m
  3. 3
    Stob an Eas3.3 km west
    732.6 m
  4. 4
    Ben Donich3.6 km south
    846.5 m
1234Beinn LuibheanStob an EasBen DonichN2 km

Lists

  • 18th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 236th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Ime, 1,012.2 m, 3.7 km east
Region
19C: Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde
OS map
56
Summit
Small cairn
DoBIH no.
1419
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn an Lochain

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