Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Lochnagar – Cac Carn Beag

1,155.7 m

3,792 ftDrop 671 mNO 243 861

Finder: 14 Munros in Aberdeenshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLochnagar – Cac Carn Beag1,155.7Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,109.9Conachcraig862.5Carn an t-Sagairt Mor1,047Cairn Bannoch1,011.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLochnagar – Cac Carn Beag1,155.7Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,109.9Conachcraig862.5
Looking north, 1210 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Lochnagar – Cac Carn Beag is a Munro of 1,155.7 m in Aberdeenshire. In the database's Braemar to Montrose region it is the highest of 21 register hills, above Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach and 19 others.

No register hill in Aberdeenshire has a greater drop, though Cairn Toul is higher. The key col lies 24.7 km away to the west, at 485 m. It is the most isolated register hill in Aberdeenshire: higher ground is 19.2 km away. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, reaches 1,109.9 m. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Derry Cairngorm (1,155.8 m) and Sgurr na Lapaich (1,151.9 m). It is 226.6 m above the average height of the 28 register hills in Aberdeenshire. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit1,155.7 mKey col485 mdrop 671 msea level
Key col NN 999 825, 24.7 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,155.7 m21st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

671 m74th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

19.2 km67th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach2.3 km south-west
    1,109.9 m
  2. 2
    Conachcraig3.6 km east
    862.5 m
  3. 3
    Carn an t-Sagairt Mor4.0 km south-west
    1,047 m
  4. 4
    Cairn Bannoch4.1 km south-west
    1,011.1 m
1234ConachcraigCairn BannochN2 km

Lists

  • 21st highest of 282 Munros
  • 16th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Ben Avon – Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe, 1,172 m, 19.2 km north-west
Region
07A: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
44
Summit
Rock tor 2m NE of trig point
DoBIH no.
457
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag

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