Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Geal Charn

926.3 m

3,039 ftDrop 101.1 mNN 561 987

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGeal Charn926.3Meall na h-Aisre862.1Creag Ruadh622.2Carn Dearg945.7Gairbeinn895.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGeal Charn926.3Meall na h-Aisre862.1Creag Ruadh622.2
Looking north, 2921 km wide, heights ×812 (method).

Geal Charn is a Munro of 926.3 m in Highland. It shares its height of 926.3 m with Sgurr nan Eag.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr nan Eag (926.3 m) and Beinn Liath Mhor (926 m). It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 101.1 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Carn Dearg, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit926.3 mKey col825.2 msea level
Key col NN 5689 9987, 1.4 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

926.3 m259th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

101.1 m971st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.2 km193rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Meall na h-Aisre4.8 km west
    862.1 m
  2. 2
    Creag Ruadh7.4 km south
    622.2 m
  3. 3
    Carn Dearg8.2 km north-east
    945.7 m
  4. 4
    Gairbeinn10.1 km west
    895.5 m
1234Meall na h-AisreCreag RuadhCarn DeargGairbeinnN5 km

Lists

  • 259th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Carn Dearg, 945.7 m, 8.2 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Carn Dearg
Region
09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath
OS map
35
Summit
2m high cairn
DoBIH no.
624
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Geal Charn

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