Summit Register

Munro · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Ben Vorlich

942.8 m

3,093 ftDrop 632 mNN 295 124

Finder: 16 Munros in Argyll and Bute

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Vorlich942.8Ben Vane915.8Beinn Damhain684.2Beinn Ime1,012.2Beinn a' Choin768.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Vorlich942.8Ben Vane915.8Beinn Damhain684.2
Looking north, 1714 km wide, heights ×47 (method).

Ben Vorlich is a Munro of 942.8 m in Argyll and Bute. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.

It shares its height of 942.8 m with An Socach (Aberdeenshire). On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr Dubh Mor (944.1 m) and An Socach (Aberdeenshire) (942.8 m). It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 50 and 56.

To scale

Summit942.8 mKey col311 mdrop 632 msea level
Key col NN 285 149, 2.7 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

942.8 m229th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

632 m95th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.6 km296th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Ben Vane3.2 km south-west
    915.8 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Damhain5.0 km north
    684.2 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Ime5.6 km south-west
    1,012.2 m
  4. 4
    Beinn a' Choin5.9 km east
    768.7 m
1234Ben VaneBeinn DamhainBeinn ImeN2 km

Lists

  • 228th highest of 282 Munros
  • 177th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 14th highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Ime, 1,012.2 m, 5.6 km south-west
Region
01D: Inveraray to Crianlarich
OS map
50, 56
Summit
Cairn on rocky outcrop
DoBIH no.
71
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben Vorlich

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). How high are the Munros?