Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Creag Meagaidh

1,128.1 m

3,701 ftDrop 868 mNN 418 875

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCreag Meagaidh1,128.1Stob Poite Coire Ardair1,052.5Beinn a' Chaorainn1,049.1Beinn Teallach914.6Carn Liath1,006.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCreag Meagaidh1,128.1Stob Poite Coire Ardair1,052.5Beinn a' Chaorainn1,049.1
Looking north, 1711 km wide, heights ×45 (method).

Creag Meagaidh is a Munro of 1,128.1 m in Highland. Its drop of 868 m is the 18th greatest of the 1,140 hills here.

In the database's Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan region it is the highest of 11 register hills, above Stob Poite Coire Ardair and nine others. The key col lies 15.1 km away to the east, at 260 m. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Stob Poite Coire Ardair, reaches 1,052.5 m. It is 262.4 m above the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland. The database describes the top as a large cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 34 and 42.

To scale

Summit1,128.1 mKey col260 mdrop 868 msea level
Key col NN 566 903, 15.1 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,128.1 m29th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

868 m18th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

13.9 km101st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Stob Poite Coire Ardair1.7 km north-east
    1,052.5 m
  2. 2
    Beinn a' Chaorainn4.1 km south-west
    1,049.1 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Teallach5.9 km west
    914.6 m
  4. 4
    Carn Liath6.0 km north-east
    1,006.1 m
1234Carn LiathN2 km

Lists

  • 29th highest of 282 Munros
  • 24th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Geal-charn, 1,131.4 m, 13.9 km south-east
Region
09C: Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan
OS map
34, 42
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
658
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Creag Meagaidh

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