Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Cranstackie

801.9 m

2,631 ftDrop 561 mNC 350 555

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCranstackie801.9Beinn Spionnaidh773.7Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911Arkle785.9Meall Horn776.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCranstackie801.9Beinn Spionnaidh773.7Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911
Looking north, 3117 km wide, heights ×910 (method).

Cranstackie is a Corbett of 801.9 m in Highland. Its drop of 561 m is 70% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 241 m above sea level.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn Bhreac-liath (802 m) and Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill (800.8 m). Its nearest higher summit, Ceann Garbh (902 m, 5.6 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit801.9 mKey col241 mdrop 561 msea level
Key col NC 371 490, 6.8 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

801.9 m440th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

561 m142nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.6 km296th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Spionnaidh1.9 km north-east
    773.7 m
  2. 2911 m
  3. 3
    Arkle10.5 km south-west
    785.9 m
  4. 4
    Meall Horn10.7 km south
    776.7 m
1234Beinn SpionnaidhArkleMeall HornN5 km

Lists

  • 157th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 406th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Ceann Garbh, 902 m, 5.6 km south-west
Region
16B: Durness to Loch Shin
OS map
9
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
1128
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cranstackie

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