Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Carn Chuinneag

838.7 m

2,752 ftDrop 461 mNH 483 833

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn Chuinneag838.7Carn Salachaidh648Beinn Tharsuinn711.2Beinn nan Eun743.1Meall Mor738
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn Chuinneag838.7Carn Salachaidh648Beinn Tharsuinn711.2
Looking north, 2720 km wide, heights ×813 (method).

Carn Chuinneag is a Corbett of 838.7 m in Highland. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn nan Eun, reaches 743.1 m.

It stands 190.7 m above its nearest neighbour, Carn Salachaidh, 5.4 km to the north-east. Its nearest higher summit, Meall nan Bradan Leathan (919.7 m, 12.3 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit838.7 mKey col378 mdrop 461 msea level
Key col NH 431 706, 13.7 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

838.7 m390th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

461 m226th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

12.3 km116th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn Salachaidh5.4 km north-east
    648 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Tharsuinn7.1 km west
    711.2 m
  3. 3
    Beinn nan Eun8.1 km south-west
    743.1 m
  4. 4
    Meall Mor9.3 km south
    738 m
1234Carn SalachaidhBeinn TharsuinnBeinn nan EunMeall MorN5 km

Lists

  • 107th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 341st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Meall nan Bradan Leathan, 919.7 m, 12.3 km south
Region
15B: Loch Vaich to Moray Firth
OS map
20
Summit
Embedded boulder 4m N of trig point
DoBIH no.
1095
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carn Chuinneag

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