Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Carn nan Gobhar

992 m

3,255 ftDrop 137 mNH 273 438

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCarn nan Gobhar992Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais1,083.7Sgurr na Ruaidhe993Sgurr Fhuar-thuill1,049.2Beinn Mheadhoin664.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCarn nan Gobhar992Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais1,083.7Sgurr na Ruaidhe993
Looking north, 126 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

Carn nan Gobhar is a Munro of 992 m in Highland. It shares its height of 992 m with Sgurr Alasdair.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr Alasdair (992 m) and Sgairneach Mhor (991.4 m). It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 137 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit992 mKey col855 msea level
Key col NH 266 432, 0.9 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

992 m154th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

137 m909th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.7 km868th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais1.7 km south-west
    1,083.7 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr na Ruaidhe2.0 km south-east
    993 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr Fhuar-thuill3.7 km west
    1,049.2 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Mheadhoin4.1 km north-west
    664.3 m
1234Sgurr na RuaidheBeinn MheadhoinN2 km

Lists

  • 154th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais, 1,083.7 m, 1.7 km south-west
Region
12A: Kyle of Lochalsh to Garve
OS map
25
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
895
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carn nan Gobhar

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