Summit Register

Corbett · Moray, Scotland

Creag Mhor

895 m

2,936 ftDrop 167 mNJ 057 047

Finder: 3 Corbetts in Moray

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCreag Mhor895Bynack More1,090.4Beinn a' Chaorainn1,083.3Beinn Mheadhoin1,182.9Cairn Gorm1,244.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCreag Mhor895Bynack More1,090.4Beinn a' Chaorainn1,083.3
Looking north, 1510 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Creag Mhor is a Corbett of 895 m in Moray. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Cairn Gorm at 1,244.8 m.

It sits below Bynack More, only 2.2 km to the north-west and 195.4 m higher. Of the register hills in Moray, only Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray) stands higher. The higher hill nearest to it, Bynack More, is a Munro, 2.2 km to the north-west. The highest point is recorded as rock tor, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit895 mKey col728 msea level
Key col NJ 047 049, 1.0 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

895 m314th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

167 m807th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.2 km741st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Bynack More2.2 km north-west
    1,090.4 m
  2. 2
    Beinn a' Chaorainn3.6 km south
    1,083.3 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Mheadhoin4.5 km south-west
    1,182.9 m
  4. 4
    Cairn Gorm5.3 km west
    1,244.8 m
1234Bynack MoreBeinn MheadhoinCairn GormN2 km

Lists

  • 31st highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 251st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Bynack More, 1,090.4 m, 2.2 km north-west
Region
08B: Cairngorms
OS map
36
Summit
Rock tor
DoBIH no.
594
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Creag Mhor

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