Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Beinn Dearg

913.7 m

2,998 ftDrop 469 mNG 895 608

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn Dearg913.7Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor986Liathach – Mullach an Rathain1,023.9Beinn Alligin – Tom na Gruagaich921.8Beinn an Eoin855
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn Dearg913.7Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor986Liathach – Mullach an Rathain1,023.9
Looking north, 1110 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Beinn Dearg is a Corbett of 913.7 m in Highland. It falls 0.7 m short of 3,000 ft, the Munro height.

It is the 2nd highest Corbett. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn a' Chlaidheimh (914 m) and Sgurr nan Ceannaichean (913.4 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor, is a Munro, 3.0 km to the west. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 19 and 24.

To scale

Summit913.7 mKey col445 mdrop 469 msea level
Key col NG 880 620, 1.9 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

913.7 m285th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

469 m217th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.0 km580th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1986 m
  2. 21,023.9 m
  3. 3921.8 m
  4. 4
    Beinn an Eoin3.9 km north
    855 m
1234Beinn AlliginLiathachBeinn AlliginBeinn an EoinN2 km

Lists

  • 2nd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 219th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor, 986 m, 3.0 km west
Region
13A: Loch Torridon to Loch Maree
OS map
19, 24
Summit
Ground by cliff edge close to cairn
DoBIH no.
970
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn Dearg

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