Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Geal Charn

804.5 m

2,639 ftDrop 156.9 mNN 156 942

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGeal Charn804.5Glas Bheinn731.5Sgurr Choinnich747.4Meall na h-Eilde837.2Sron a' Choire Ghairbh936.2
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGeal Charn804.5Glas Bheinn731.5Sgurr Choinnich747.4
Looking north, 198 km wide, heights ×55 (method).

Geal Charn is a Corbett of 804.5 m in Highland. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 6.9 m.

Only four Corbetts have less drop. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn na h-Eaglaise (Highland, NG854120) (805 m) and Beinn Iaruinn (804.3 m). Its nearest higher summit, Meall Coire nan Saobhaidh (825.4 m, 2.0 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit804.5 mKey col647.5 msea level
Key col NN 1622 9461, 0.7 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

804.5 m435th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

156.9 m850th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.0 km784th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Glas Bheinn2.8 km south-east
    731.5 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr Choinnich2.9 km west
    747.4 m
  3. 3
    Meall na h-Eilde2.9 km east
    837.2 m
  4. 4936.2 m
1234Glas BheinnSgurr ChoinnichN2 km

Lists

  • 152nd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 397th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Meall Coire nan Saobhaidh, 825.4 m, 2.0 km north-east
Region
10C: Loch Arkaig to Glen Moriston
OS map
34
Summit
Outcrop 2m SSE of trig point
DoBIH no.
766
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Geal Charn

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