Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Canisp

848.1 m

2,782 ftDrop 690 mNC 202 187

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCanisp848.1Suilven731.4Cul Mor849.7Breabag815Quinag – Spidean Coinich764.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCanisp848.1Suilven731.4Cul Mor849.7
Looking north, 2622 km wide, heights ×712 (method).

Canisp is a Corbett of 848.1 m in Highland. Its drop is the 10th greatest among the Corbetts, behind Goatfell at the top.

Its nearest higher summit, Cul Mor, beats it by just 1.6 m. Its drop of 690 m is 81% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 158 m above sea level. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn nan Imirean (848.3 m) and Ben Donich (846.5 m). The highest point is recorded as inclined slab 4m sw of smaller shelter, not a cairn. The database describes the top as a inclined slab 4m sw of smaller shelter.

To scale

Summit848.1 mKey col158 mdrop 690 msea level
Key col NC 245 146, 5.9 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

848.1 m378th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

690 m65th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

7.9 km202nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Suilven5.0 km west
    731.4 m
  2. 2
    Cul Mor7.9 km south-west
    849.7 m
  3. 3
    Breabag8.9 km east
    815 m
  4. 4764.7 m
1234SuilvenCul MorBreabagQuinagN5 km

Lists

  • 95th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 326th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cul Mor, 849.7 m, 7.9 km south-west
Region
16F: Lochinver to Ullapool
OS map
15
Summit
Inclined slab 4m SW of smaller shelter
DoBIH no.
1206
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Canisp

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