Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Ben Aslak

609 m

1,998 ftDrop 329 mNG 750 191

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Aslak609Sgurr na Coinnich739.1Beinn na Caillich731.4Beinn a' Chapuill759.8Beinn Sgritheall974
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Aslak609Sgurr na Coinnich739.1Beinn na Caillich731.4
Looking north, 3112 km wide, heights ×89 (method).

Ben Aslak is a Graham of 609 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Beinn Sgritheall at 974 m.

It sits below Sgurr na Coinnich, only 3.3 km to the north and 130.1 m higher. Only nine of the 737 hills profiled in Scotland are lower. It shares its height of 609 m with Mynydd Troed and High Seat. It is the lowest of the five register hills in the South-East Skye and Scalpay region, where Sgurr na Coinnich is highest. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Ladylea Hill (609.1 m) and Cruach Neuran (607.3 m). It is 256.7 m below the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland.

To scale

Summit609 mKey col280 mdrop 329 msea level
Key col NG 7538 2068, 1.6 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

609 m728th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

329 m373rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.3 km525th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr na Coinnich3.3 km north
    739.1 m
  2. 2
    Beinn na Caillich4.3 km north-east
    731.4 m
  3. 3
    Beinn a' Chapuill9.4 km south-east
    759.8 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Sgritheall10.6 km south-east
    974 m
1234Beinn SgritheallN5 km

Lists

  • 222nd highest of 231 Grahams
  • 854th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr na Coinnich, 739.1 m, 3.3 km north
Region
17C: South-East Skye and Scalpay
OS map
33
Summit
Outcrop 10m NNE of cairn
DoBIH no.
1283
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben Aslak

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