Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Carn Liath

1,006.1 m

3,301 ftDrop 86.9 mNN 472 903

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn Liath1,006.1Stob Poite Coire Ardair1,052.5Binnein Shios667.1Creag Meagaidh1,128.1Binnein Shuas747.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn Liath1,006.1Stob Poite Coire Ardair1,052.5Binnein Shios667.1
Looking north, 2214 km wide, heights ×57 (method).

Carn Liath is a Munro of 1,006.1 m in Highland. Its key col leads to Creag Meagaidh, not to its nearest higher summit, Stob Poite Coire Ardair East Top.

It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 86.9 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Stob Poite Coire Ardair East Top (1,050 m, 3.7 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit1,006.1 mKey col919.2 msea level
Key col NN 4626 9016, 1.0 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,006.1 m127th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

86.9 m991st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.7 km463rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,052.5 m
  2. 2
    Binnein Shios5.0 km south-east
    667.1 m
  3. 3
    Creag Meagaidh6.0 km south-west
    1,128.1 m
  4. 4
    Binnein Shuas7.7 km south
    747.2 m
1234Binnein ShiosCreag MeagaidhBinnein ShuasN5 km

Lists

  • 127th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Stob Poite Coire Ardair East Top, 1,050 m, 3.7 km west
Parent Marilyn
Creag Meagaidh
Region
09C: Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan
OS map
34
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
668
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carn Liath

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