Summit Register

Munro · Angus, Scotland

Glas Maol

1,067.7 m

3,503 ftDrop 195.2 mNO 166 765

Finder: 4 Munros in Angus

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGlas Maol1,067.7Creag Leacach988.2Cairn of Claise1,063.1The Cairnwell933Carn an Tuirc1,018.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGlas Maol1,067.7Creag Leacach988.2Cairn of Claise1,063.1
Looking north, 128 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Glas Maol is a Munro of 1,067.7 m in Angus. It is the highest of the 10 register hills recorded in Angus; the next is Tom Buidhe at 957.8 m, 109.9 m lower.

It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Cairn of Claise, reaches 1,063.1 m. It is 247.5 m above the average height of the 10 register hills in Angus. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit1,067.7 mKey col872.5 msea level
Key col NO 2161 8021, 6.2 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,067.7 m69th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

195.2 m694th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

9.9 km151st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Creag Leacach2.4 km south-west
    988.2 m
  2. 2
    Cairn of Claise3.0 km north-east
    1,063.1 m
  3. 3
    The Cairnwell3.3 km west
    933 m
  4. 4
    Carn an Tuirc4.0 km north
    1,018.8 m
1234Creag LeacachCairn of ClaiseThe CairnwellCarn an TuircN2 km

Lists

  • 69th highest of 282 Munros
  • 55th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 8th highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, 1,109.9 m, 9.9 km north-east
Region
07A: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
43
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
461
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Glas Maol

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