Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Ben Stack

721 m

2,365 ftDrop 531 mNC 269 422

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Stack721Arkle785.9Meall Horn776.7Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill800.8Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Stack721Arkle785.9Meall Horn776.7
Looking north, 2824 km wide, heights ×814 (method).

Ben Stack is a Graham of 721 m in Highland. Its drop of 531 m is 74% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 190 m above sea level.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor at 911 m. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the east, so it stands at the western edge of its group. It shares its height of 721 m with Ben Cleuch, Rhinog Fawr and Slieve Carr. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Beinn Bharrain – Mullach Buidhe (721.4 m) and Ben Cleuch (721 m). Its nearest higher summit, Arkle South Top (757.2 m, 5.1 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit721 mKey col190 mdrop 531 msea level
Key col NC 2490 4160, 2.1 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

721 m569th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

531 m164th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.1 km324th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Arkle5.1 km north-east
    785.9 m
  2. 2
    Meall Horn8.7 km east
    776.7 m
  3. 3800.8 m
  4. 4911 m
1234ArkleMeall HornN5 km

Lists

  • 63rd highest of 231 Grahams
  • 582nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Arkle South Top, 757.2 m, 5.1 km north-east
Region
16E: Scourie to Lairg
OS map
9
Summit
Cairn 30m NW of mast
DoBIH no.
1194
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben Stack

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