Summit Register

Corbett · Moray, Scotland

Ben Rinnes

840.9 m

2,759 ftDrop 513 mNJ 254 354

Finder: 3 Corbetts in Moray

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Rinnes840.9Corryhabbie Hill781.3Cook's Cairn755.9Carn a' Ghille Chearr710.2Carn Mor804
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Rinnes840.9Corryhabbie Hill781.3Cook's Cairn755.9
Looking north, 5025 km wide, heights ×1616 (method).

Ben Rinnes is a Corbett of 840.9 m in Moray. Nothing higher stands within 31.5 km; the nearest higher summit is Clach Bhan (870.9 m), to the south.

No register hill in Moray has a greater drop, though Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray) is higher. It is the most isolated register hill in Moray: higher ground is 31.5 km away. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Carn Mor (Aberdeenshire, Moray), reaches 804 m. Of the register hills in Moray, only Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray) and Creag Mhor (Moray) stand higher. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit840.9 mKey col328 mdrop 513 msea level
Key col NJ 250 311, 4.3 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

840.9 m386th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

513 m182nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

31.5 km39th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Corryhabbie Hill7.1 km south-east
    781.3 m
  2. 2
    Cook's Cairn8.9 km south-east
    755.9 m
  3. 3
    Carn a' Ghille Chearr12.8 km south-west
    710.2 m
  4. 4
    Carn Mor17.1 km south
    804 m
1234Corryhabbie HillCook's CairnCarn MorN5 km

Lists

  • 103rd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 336th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Clach Bhan, 870.9 m, 31.5 km south
Region
21A: Tomintoul to Banff
OS map
28
Summit
Rock tor 10m WSW of trig point
DoBIH no.
1489
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben Rinnes

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The most isolated hills in Britain and Ireland