Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach

1,109.9 m

3,641 ftDrop 72.9 mNO 226 845

Finder: 14 Munros in Aberdeenshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCarn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,109.9Carn an t-Sagairt Mor1,047Cairn Bannoch1,011.1Lochnagar – Cac Carn Beag1,155.7Broad Cairn997.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCarn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,109.9Carn an t-Sagairt Mor1,047Cairn Bannoch1,011.1
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach is a Munro of 1,109.9 m in Aberdeenshire. Its key col leads to Lochnagar – Cac Carn Beag, not to its nearest higher summit, Cac Carn Mor.

It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 72.9 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Cac Carn Mor (1,151.3 m, 2.2 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit1,109.9 mKey col1,037 msea level
Key col NO 2405 8518, 1.6 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,109.9 m42nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

72.9 m1008th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.2 km741st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,047 m
  2. 2
    Cairn Bannoch2.0 km south
    1,011.1 m
  3. 3
    Lochnagar – Cac Carn Beag2.3 km north-east
    1,155.7 m
  4. 4
    Broad Cairn3.3 km south-east
    997.1 m
1234Cairn BannochLochnagarBroad CairnN2 km

Lists

  • 42nd highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Cac Carn Mor, 1,151.3 m, 2.2 km north-east
Region
07A: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
44
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
459
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach

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