Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Ben More Coigach

743.4 m

Beinn Mhor na Coigich

2,439 ftDrop 655 mNC 093 042

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen More Coigach743.4Sgurr an Fhidhleir703.9Beinn an Eoin617.9Stac Pollaidh612.4Cul Beag769.4
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBen More Coigach743.4Sgurr an Fhidhleir703.9Beinn an Eoin617.9
Looking north, 197 km wide, heights ×65 (method).

Ben More Coigach is a Graham of 743.4 m in Highland. Its drop is the 6th greatest among the Grahams, behind Sgurr na Coinnich at the top.

Its drop of 655 m is 88% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 88 m above sea level. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Creag Liath (743.5 m) and Geallaig Hill (743.2 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Cul Beag, is a Corbett, 6.5 km to the north-east. Its other name is Beinn Mhor na Coigich. The highest point is recorded as windshelter, not a cairn. The database describes the top as a windshelter.

To scale

Summit743.4 mKey col88 mdrop 655 msea level
Key col NC 143 057, 5.2 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

743.4 m527th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

655 m81st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

6.5 km244th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr an Fhidhleir1.2 km north
    703.9 m
  2. 2
    Beinn an Eoin2.4 km north-east
    617.9 m
  3. 3
    Stac Pollaidh6.5 km north
    612.4 m
  4. 4
    Cul Beag6.5 km north-east
    769.4 m
1234Beinn an EoinStac PollaidhCul BeagN2 km

Lists

  • 21st highest of 231 Grahams
  • 526th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cul Beag, 769.4 m, 6.5 km north-east
Region
16F: Lochinver to Ullapool
OS map
15
Summit
Windshelter
DoBIH no.
1208
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben More Coigach

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