Summit Register

Corbett · Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Carn na Drochaide

818 m

2,684 ftDrop 222 mNO 127 938

Finder: 9 Corbetts in Aberdeenshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn na Drochaide818Creag Bhalg668.2Morrone859.5Creag an Dail Bheag863Beinn Bhreac930.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarn na Drochaide818Creag Bhalg668.2Morrone859.5
Looking north, 2215 km wide, heights ×57 (method).

Carn na Drochaide is a Corbett of 818 m in Aberdeenshire. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn Chaorach (Argyll and Bute, Stirling) (818.5 m) and Beinn Dearg Bheag (817.9 m).

Its nearest higher summit, Creag an Dail Mhor (972 m, 4.4 km north), is a listed top not profiled here. The database describes the top as a large cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 36 and 43.

To scale

Summit818 mKey col596 msea level
Key col NO 115 955, 2.1 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

818 m408th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

222 m611th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.4 km388th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Creag Bhalg4.4 km south-west
    668.2 m
  2. 2
    Morrone5.2 km south
    859.5 m
  3. 3
    Creag an Dail Bheag5.2 km north-east
    863 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Bhreac7.6 km north-west
    930.3 m
1234Creag BhalgMorroneBeinn BhreacN5 km

Lists

  • 125th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 364th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Creag an Dail Mhor, 972 m, 4.4 km north
Region
08B: Cairngorms
OS map
36, 43
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
599
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carn na Drochaide

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