Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Geal-charn

1,131.4 m

3,712 ftDrop 409 mNN 469 746

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGeal-charn1,131.4Aonach Beag1,115.8Beinn Eibhinn1,103.3Beinn a' Chlachair1,087.8Ben Alder1,148
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGeal-charn1,131.4Aonach Beag1,115.8Beinn Eibhinn1,103.3
Looking north, 117 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

Geal-charn is a Munro of 1,131.4 m in Highland. It shares its height of 1,131.4 m with Ben Lui.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Ben Alder (1,148 m) and Ben Lui (1,131.4 m). It is 265.7 m above the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit1,131.4 mKey col722 msea level
Key col NN 480 732, 1.8 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,131.4 m26th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

409 m276th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.8 km453rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Aonach Beag1.3 km west
    1,115.8 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Eibhinn2.4 km south-west
    1,103.3 m
  3. 3
    Beinn a' Chlachair3.5 km north
    1,087.8 m
  4. 4
    Ben Alder3.8 km south-east
    1,148 m
1234Aonach BeagBeinn EibhinnBen AlderN2 km

Lists

  • 26th highest of 282 Munros
  • 21st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Ben Alder, 1,148 m, 3.8 km south-east
Region
04B: Loch Treig to Loch Ericht
OS map
42
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
346
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Geal-charn

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