Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Quinag – Sail Ghorm

775.6 m

Sail Gorm

2,545 ftDrop 156.2 mNC 198 304

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmQuinag – Sail Ghorm775.6Quinag – Sail Gharbh808.8Quinag – Spidean Coinich764.7Glas Bheinn774.9Canisp848.1
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmQuinag – Sail Ghorm775.6Quinag – Sail Gharbh808.8Quinag – Spidean Coinich764.7
Looking north, 348 km wide, heights ×95 (method).

Quinag – Sail Ghorm is a Corbett of 775.6 m in Highland. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 6.2 m.

Only two Corbetts have less drop. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Sgorr Craobh a' Chaorainn (775.7 m) and Glamaig – Sgurr Mhairi (775 m). Its other name is Sail Gorm. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit775.6 mKey col619.4 msea level
Key col NC 1980 2929, 1.1 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

775.6 m481st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

156.2 m852nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Quinag – Sail Gharbh1.6 km south-east
    808.8 m
  2. 2764.7 m
  3. 3
    Glas Bheinn6.9 km south-east
    774.9 m
  4. 4
    Canisp11.7 km south
    848.1 m
1234QuinagQuinagGlas BheinnCanispN5 km

Lists

  • 197th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 459th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Quinag – Sail Gharbh, 808.8 m, 1.6 km south-east
Region
16E: Scourie to Lairg
OS map
15
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
1190
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Quinag - Sail Ghorm

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