Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Angus, Scotland

Mount Keen

939.4 m

3,082 ftDrop 312 mNO 409 869

Finder: 5 Munros in Aberdeenshire, Angus

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMount Keen939.4Hunt Hill705.4Ben Tirran897Conachcraig862.5Mount Battock778
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMount Keen939.4Hunt Hill705.4Ben Tirran897
Looking north, 4136 km wide, heights ×917 (method).

Mount Keen is a Munro of 939.4 m in Aberdeenshire, Angus. In the database's Braemar to Montrose region it is the highest of five register hills, above Ben Tirran and three others.

No register hill in Aberdeenshire, Angus has a greater drop, though Cairn of Claise is higher. It is the most isolated register hill in Aberdeenshire, Angus: higher ground is 14.6 km away. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Ben Tirran, reaches 897 m. It stands 234 m above its nearest neighbour, Hunt Hill, 7.0 km to the south-west. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Carn na Caim (940.8 m) and Mullach nan Coirean (939.3 m). Its nearest higher summit, Little Pap (957.6 m, 14.6 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit939.4 mKey col627 msea level
Key col NO 372 867, 3.7 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

939.4 m235th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

312 m406th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

14.6 km96th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Hunt Hill7.0 km south-west
    705.4 m
  2. 2
    Ben Tirran12.8 km south
    897 m
  3. 3
    Conachcraig12.9 km west
    862.5 m
  4. 4
    Mount Battock14.2 km east
    778 m
1234Hunt HillBen TirranConachcraigMount BattockN5 km

Lists

  • 234th highest of 282 Munros
  • 182nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Little Pap, 957.6 m, 14.6 km west
Region
07B: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
44
Summit
Rock 1m S of trig point
DoBIH no.
485
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Mount Keen

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