Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Garbh Bheinn

885.6 m

2,906 ftDrop 688 mNM 904 622

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGarbh Bheinn885.6Beinn Bheag737.4Sgorr Mhic Eacharna650.5Sgurr nan Cnamh701.8Sgurr a' Chaorainn760.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGarbh Bheinn885.6Beinn Bheag737.4Sgorr Mhic Eacharna650.5
Looking north, 127 km wide, heights ×44 (method).

Garbh Bheinn is a Corbett of 885.6 m in Highland. Its drop of 688 m is 78% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 198 m above sea level.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Sgurr a' Chaorainn, reaches 760.6 m. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between The Cobbler (886.7 m) and Buidhe Bheinn (885.5 m).

To scale

Summit885.6 mKey col198 mdrop 688 msea level
Key col NM 893 649, 2.9 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

885.6 m324th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

688 m67th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.9 km278th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Bheag1.7 km north-east
    737.4 m
  2. 2650.5 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr nan Cnamh2.7 km north-west
    701.8 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr a' Chaorainn4.1 km north
    760.6 m
1234Beinn BheagSgurr nan CnamhN2 km

Lists

  • 41st highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 265th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr Dhomhnuill, 888.4 m, 5.9 km north
Region
18B: Sunart and Ardgour
OS map
40
Summit
Rock by cairn
DoBIH no.
1350
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Garbh Bheinn

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