Carn Dearg is a Munro of 945.7 m in Highland. In the database's Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath region it is the highest of 15 register hills, above A' Chailleach (Highland, NH681041) and 13 others.
The key col lies 23.9 km away to the west, at 355 m. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, A' Chailleach (Highland, NH681041), reaches 929.3 m. It stands 202.2 m above its nearest neighbour, Creag Liath, 3.2 km to the south-east. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the east, so it stands at the western edge of its group. It shares its height of 945.7 m with Sgurr na Sgine. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Beinn Tulaichean (945.8 m) and Sgurr na Sgine (945.7 m).