Summit Register

Graham · Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles], Scotland

Heacla

606.6 m

Thacla] [Hecla

1,990 ftDrop 309 mNF 825 344

Finder: 5 Grahams in Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles]

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmHeacla606.6Beinn Mhor620.5Sgurr na Banachdich965.5Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh972.1Sgurr a' Mhadaidh918
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmHeacla606.6Beinn Mhor620.5Sgurr na Banachdich965.5
Looking north, 182175 km wide, heights ×4589 (method).

Heacla is a Graham of 606.6 m in Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles]. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh at 972.1 m.

Of the 6 register hills in Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles], it has the smallest drop. It is one of only two register hills in the North Uist, South Uist and Nearby Islands region, with Beinn Mhor (Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles]). Only seven of the 737 hills profiled in Scotland are lower. It shares its height of 606.6 m with Cruach nam Miseag. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Cruach Neuran (607.3 m) and Cruach nam Miseag (606.6 m). Its other name is Thacla] [Hecla.

To scale

Summit606.6 mKey col297.6 mdrop 309 msea level
Key col NF 8154 3233, 2.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

606.6 m730th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

309 m413th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.8 km453rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Mhor3.8 km south
    620.5 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr na Banachdich62.4 km east
    965.5 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh62.7 km east
    972.1 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr a' Mhadaidh62.8 km east
    918 m
1234Beinn MhorN10 km

Lists

  • 224th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 857th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Mhor, 620.5 m, 3.8 km south
Region
24C: North Uist, South Uist and Nearby Islands
OS map
22
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
1609
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Heacla

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