Summit Register

Corbett · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Dun da Ghaoithe

765.5 m

2,511 ftDrop 658 mNM 672 362

Finder: 16 Corbetts in Argyll and Bute

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmDun da Ghaoithe765.5Sgurr Dearg741.6Beinn Talaidh761.6Creach-Beinn698.7Cruach Choireadail618
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmDun da Ghaoithe765.5Sgurr Dearg741.6Beinn Talaidh761.6
Looking north, 2814 km wide, heights ×810 (method).

Dun da Ghaoithe is a Corbett of 765.5 m in Argyll and Bute. Its drop of 658 m is 86% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 107 m above sea level.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn Talaidh, reaches 761.6 m. Its nearest higher summit, A' Chioch (867.8 m, 14.0 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit765.5 mKey col107 mdrop 658 msea level
Key col NM 643 330, 4.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

765.5 m499th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

658 m78th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

14.0 km99th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr Dearg2.3 km south
    741.6 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Talaidh4.9 km west
    761.6 m
  3. 3
    Creach-Beinn9.1 km south
    698.7 m
  4. 4
    Cruach Choireadail9.6 km south-west
    618 m
1234Sgurr DeargCreach-BeinnN5 km

Lists

  • 215th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 483rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
A' Chioch, 867.8 m, 14.0 km west
Region
17E: Mull and Nearby Islands
OS map
49
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
1302
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Dun da Ghaoithe

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