Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Meall Chuaich

950.8 m

3,119 ftDrop 466 mNN 716 878

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMeall Chuaich950.8Creag Ruadh658.8Meallach Mhor769Carn na Caim940.8A' Chaoirnich875.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMeall Chuaich950.8Creag Ruadh658.8Meallach Mhor769
Looking north, 2119 km wide, heights ×611 (method).

Meall Chuaich is a Munro of 950.8 m in Highland. In the database's Loch Ericht to Glen Tromie & Glen Garry region it is the highest of five register hills, above Carn na Caim and three others.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Carn na Caim, reaches 940.8 m. It stands 292 m above its nearest neighbour, Creag Ruadh (Highland, NN685881), 3.1 km to the west. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit950.8 mKey col485 mdrop 466 msea level
Key col NN 719 786, 9.2 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

950.8 m215th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

466 m221st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

16.1 km88th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Creag Ruadh3.1 km west
    658.8 m
  2. 2
    Meallach Mhor6.7 km north-east
    769 m
  3. 3
    Carn na Caim6.9 km south-west
    940.8 m
  4. 4
    A' Chaoirnich7.4 km south
    875.7 m
1234Creag RuadhMeallach MhorCarn na CaimA' ChaoirnichN5 km

Lists

  • 214th highest of 282 Munros
  • 167th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
A' Mharconaich, 973.2 m, 16.1 km south-west
Region
05B: Loch Ericht to Glen Tromie & Glen Garry
OS map
42
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
388
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Meall Chuaich

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