Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor

911 m

2,989 ftDrop 688 mNC 315 506

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFoinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911Arkle785.9Cranstackie801.9Meall Horn776.7Beinn Spionnaidh773.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFoinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor911Arkle785.9Cranstackie801.9
Looking north, 2317 km wide, heights ×710 (method).

Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor is a Corbett of 911 m in Highland. The key col lies 31.7 km away to the south-east, at 223 m.

Its drop of 688 m is 76% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 223 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Cranstackie, reaches 801.9 m. The higher hill nearest to it, Ben Hope, is a Munro, 16.2 km to the east.

To scale

Summit911 mKey col223 mdrop 688 msea level
Key col NC 515 260, 31.7 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

911 m292nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

688 m67th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

16.2 km85th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Arkle4.7 km south
    785.9 m
  2. 2
    Cranstackie6.0 km north-east
    801.9 m
  3. 3
    Meall Horn6.9 km south-east
    776.7 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Spionnaidh8.0 km north-east
    773.7 m
1234ArkleCranstackieMeall HornBeinn SpionnaidhN5 km

Lists

  • 9th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 226th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Ben Hope, 927 m, 16.2 km east
Region
16B: Durness to Loch Shin
OS map
9
Summit
Westerly of two cairns
DoBIH no.
1124
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] - Ganu Mor

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