Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Maol Chinn-dearg

980.3 m

3,216 ftDrop 137.6 mNH 032 087

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMaol Chinn-dearg980.3Aonach air Chrith1,019.5Sgurr an Doire Leathain1,010Sgurr an Lochain1,004Gleouraich1,035.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMaol Chinn-dearg980.3Aonach air Chrith1,019.5Sgurr an Doire Leathain1,010
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Maol Chinn-dearg is a Munro of 980.3 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Gleouraich at 1,035.1 m.

It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 137.6 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Aonach air Chrith, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit980.3 mKey col842.7 msea level
Key col NH 0406 0830, 0.9 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

980.3 m174th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

137.6 m908th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.9 km817th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Aonach air Chrith1.9 km east
    1,019.5 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr an Doire Leathain2.0 km north-west
    1,010 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr an Lochain3.1 km north-west
    1,004 m
  4. 4
    Gleouraich3.5 km south
    1,035.1 m
1234Sgurr an LochainGleouraichN2 km

Lists

  • 173rd highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Aonach air Chrith, 1,019.5 m, 1.9 km east
Parent Marilyn
Aonach air Chrith
Region
10A: Glen Shiel to Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich
OS map
33
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
693
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Maol Chinn-dearg

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