Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Meallan nan Uan

838.3 m

2,750 ftDrop 156.4 mNH 263 544

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMeallan nan Uan838.3Sgurr a' Mhuilinn878.8Meall na Faochaig680.6Beinn Mheadhoin664.3Bac an Eich849
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMeallan nan Uan838.3Sgurr a' Mhuilinn878.8Meall na Faochaig680.6
Looking north, 206 km wide, heights ×64 (method).

Meallan nan Uan is a Corbett of 838.3 m in Highland. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 6.4 m.

Only three Corbetts have less drop. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Carn Chuinneag (838.7 m) and Sgurr Gaorsaic (838.2 m).

To scale

Summit838.3 mKey col681.9 msea level
Key col NH 2579 5496, 0.8 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

838.3 m391st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

156.4 m851st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr a' Mhuilinn1.3 km north
    878.8 m
  2. 2
    Meall na Faochaig2.1 km south
    680.6 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Mheadhoin6.7 km south
    664.3 m
  4. 4
    Bac an Eich6.9 km south-west
    849 m
1234Beinn MheadhoinBac an EichN5 km

Lists

  • 108th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 342nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr a' Mhuilinn, 878.8 m, 1.3 km north
Region
12A: Kyle of Lochalsh to Garve
OS map
25
Summit
Pointed boulder 3m NW of cairn
DoBIH no.
909
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Meallan nan Uan

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