Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Carn Dearg

816.5 m

2,679 ftDrop 201 mNN 349 966

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn Dearg816.5Carn Dearg769.6Carn Dearg834.4Beinn Iaruinn804.3Leana Mhor676.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn Dearg816.5Carn Dearg769.6Carn Dearg834.4
Looking north, 2722 km wide, heights ×611 (method).

Carn Dearg is a Corbett of 816.5 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Carn a' Chuilinn (816.6 m) and Breabag (815 m). Its nearest higher summit, Carn Leac (882.8 m, 5.7 km east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit816.5 mKey col616 msea level
Key col NN 374 969, 2.5 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

816.5 m413th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

201 m672nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.7 km289th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn Dearg1.9 km south-east
    769.6 m
  2. 2
    Carn Dearg7.9 km south
    834.4 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Iaruinn8.4 km south-west
    804.3 m
  4. 4
    Leana Mhor9.3 km south
    676.8 m
1234Carn DeargCarn DeargBeinn IaruinnLeana MhorN5 km

Lists

  • 130th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 369th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carn Leac, 882.8 m, 5.7 km east
Region
09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath
OS map
34
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
637
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carn Dearg

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