Carn Eighe is a Munro of 1,182.8 m in Highland. Nothing higher stands within 53.6 km; the nearest higher summit is Aonach Mor (1,220.4 m), to the south.
Its drop of 1,147 m is the 2nd greatest of the 1,140 hills here. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. In the database's Loch Duich to Cannich region it is the highest of 22 register hills, above Mam Sodhail and 20 others. Among the Munros, only Ben Nevis has more drop. The key col lies 33.4 km away to the south-east, at 36 m. It is the most isolated register hill in Highland: higher ground is 53.6 km away. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Mam Sodhail, reaches 1,179.4 m. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray) (1,182.9 m) and Mam Sodhail (1,179.4 m). It is 317.1 m above the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland.
