Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Gulvain

983.2 m

Gaor Bheinn

3,226 ftDrop 839 mNN 002 875

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmGulvain983.2Braigh nan Uamhachan765Meall a' Phubuill772.7Meall Onfhaidh679.3Mullach Coire nan Geur-oirean724.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGulvain983.2Braigh nan Uamhachan765Meall a' Phubuill772.7
Looking north, 1410 km wide, heights ×45 (method).

Gulvain is a Munro of 983.2 m in Highland. Its drop of 839 m is the 24th greatest of the 1,140 hills here.

In the database's Mallaig to Fort William region it is the highest of 18 register hills, above Sgurr Thuilm and 16 others. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Meall a' Phubuill, reaches 772.7 m. It stands 218.2 m above its nearest neighbour, Braigh nan Uamhachan, 2.8 km to the west. Its other name is Gaor Bheinn. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit983.2 mKey col144 mdrop 839 msea level
Key col NM 889 895, 11.5 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

983.2 m166th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

839 m24th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

11.1 km130th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1765 m
  2. 2
    Meall a' Phubuill3.4 km south-east
    772.7 m
  3. 3
    Meall Onfhaidh3.6 km south
    679.3 m
  4. 4724.2 m
1234Meall OnfhaidhN2 km

Lists

  • 165th highest of 282 Munros
  • 134th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr Mor, 1,003 m, 11.1 km north
Region
10D: Mallaig to Fort William
OS map
41
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
773
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Gulvain

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