Summit Register

Graham · Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Creag Bhalg

668.2 m

2,192 ftDrop 160.4 mNO 091 912

Finder: 5 Grahams in Aberdeenshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCreag Bhalg668.2Carn na Drochaide818Morrone859.5Beinn Bhreac930.3Sgor Mor813.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCreag Bhalg668.2Carn na Drochaide818Morrone859.5
Looking north, 2413 km wide, heights ×56 (method).

Creag Bhalg is a Graham of 668.2 m in Aberdeenshire. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Beinn Bhreac (Aberdeenshire) at 930.3 m.

It sits below Carn na Drochaide, only 4.4 km to the north-east and 149.8 m higher. It is the lowest of the 14 register hills in the Cairngorms region, where Beinn a' Bhuird is highest. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Hartaval (668.3 m) and Binnein Shios (667.1 m). Its nearest higher summit, Carn Mor (706 m, 4.2 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 260.9 m below the average height of the 28 register hills in Aberdeenshire.

To scale

Summit668.2 mKey col507.8 msea level
Key col NO 0638 9308, 3.3 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

668.2 m653rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

160.4 m829th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.2 km410th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn na Drochaide4.4 km north-east
    818 m
  2. 2
    Morrone4.8 km south-east
    859.5 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Bhreac6.7 km north-west
    930.3 m
  4. 4
    Sgor Mor8.4 km west
    813.8 m
1234MorroneBeinn BhreacSgor MorN5 km

Lists

  • 147th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 718th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carn Mor, 706 m, 4.2 km south
Region
08B: Cairngorms
OS map
43
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
606
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Creag Bhalg

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