Summit Register

Munro · Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Meall na Aighean

982.1 m

3,222 ftDrop 136.3 mNN 694 496

Finder: 28 Munros in Perth and Kinross

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMeall na Aighean982.1Carn Mairg1,043Meall Garbh967.5Schiehallion1,083.3Carn Gorm1,029.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMeall na Aighean982.1Carn Mairg1,043Meall Garbh967.5
Looking north, 1715 km wide, heights ×47 (method).

Meall na Aighean is a Munro of 982.1 m in Perth and Kinross. Its key col leads to Carn Mairg, not to its nearest higher summit, Meall Liath.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Gulvain (983.2 m) and Mullach na Dheiragain (982 m). It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 136.3 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Meall Liath (1,013.7 m, 1.6 km north), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit982.1 mKey col845.8 msea level
Key col NN 6902 5028, 0.8 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

982.1 m167th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

136.3 m913th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn Mairg1.9 km north-west
    1,043 m
  2. 2
    Meall Garbh5.2 km west
    967.5 m
  3. 3
    Schiehallion5.4 km north
    1,083.3 m
  4. 4
    Carn Gorm6.0 km west
    1,029.5 m
1234Carn MairgMeall GarbhSchiehallionCarn GormN2 km

Lists

  • 166th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Meall Liath, 1,013.7 m, 1.6 km north
Parent Marilyn
Carn Mairg
Region
02A: Loch Rannoch to Glen Lyon
OS map
51
Summit
Rock 2m N of cairn
DoBIH no.
115
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Meall na Aighean

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