Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Braigh nan Uamhachan

765 m

2,510 ftDrop 276 mNM 975 867

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBraigh nan Uamhachan765Gulvain983.2Streap911.6Sgurr Thuilm963Meall Onfhaidh679.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBraigh nan Uamhachan765Gulvain983.2Streap911.6
Looking north, 138 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Braigh nan Uamhachan is a Corbett of 765 m in Highland. It sits below Gulvain, only 2.8 km to the east and 218.2 m higher.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Dun da Ghaoithe (765.5 m) and Meall an Fhudair (764.9 m). Its nearest higher summit, Gulvain South Top (961.3 m, 2.1 km east), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as outcrop, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit765 mKey col489 msea level
Key col NM 988 873, 1.4 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

765 m500th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

276 m473rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.1 km762nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Gulvain2.8 km east
    983.2 m
  2. 2
    Streap2.9 km west
    911.6 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr Thuilm3.8 km west
    963 m
  4. 4
    Meall Onfhaidh4.4 km south-east
    679.3 m
1234GulvainStreapSgurr ThuilmMeall OnfhaidhN2 km

Lists

  • 216th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 484th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Gulvain South Top, 961.3 m, 2.1 km east
Region
10D: Mallaig to Fort William
OS map
40
Summit
Outcrop
DoBIH no.
785
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Braigh nan Uamhachan

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