Summit Register

Graham · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Beinn Mhor

741.5 m

2,433 ftDrop 700 mNS 107 908

Finder: 40 Grahams in Argyll and Bute

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn Mhor741.5Creag Tharsuinn643Beinn Bheag619.8Beinn Ruadh664.6Sgorach Mor602.2
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn Mhor741.5Creag Tharsuinn643Beinn Bheag619.8
Looking north, 178 km wide, heights ×66 (method).

Beinn Mhor is a Graham of 741.5 m in Argyll and Bute. Among the Grahams, only Sgurr na Coinnich has more drop.

Its drop of 700 m is 94% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 41 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn Ruadh, reaches 664.6 m. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Sgurr Dearg (741.6 m) and Badandun Hill (740.3 m). Its nearest higher summit, Creag Sgoilte (766.6 m, 8.4 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit741.5 mKey col41 mdrop 700 msea level
Key col NN 099 013, 10.5 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

741.5 m535th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

700 m61st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.4 km186th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Creag Tharsuinn2.0 km west
    643 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Bheag2.9 km north-east
    619.8 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Ruadh5.3 km south-east
    664.6 m
  4. 4
    Sgorach Mor5.9 km south
    602.2 m
1234Beinn BheagBeinn RuadhSgorach MorN2 km

Lists

  • 29th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 534th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Creag Sgoilte, 766.6 m, 8.4 km north-east
Region
19C: Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde
OS map
56
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
1424
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn Mhor

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