Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Quinag – Spidean Coinich

764.7 m

2,509 ftDrop 192.8 mNC 206 277

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmQuinag – Spidean Coinich764.7Quinag – Sail Gharbh808.8Quinag – Sail Ghorm775.6Glas Bheinn774.9Canisp848.1
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmQuinag – Spidean Coinich764.7Quinag – Sail Gharbh808.8Quinag – Sail Ghorm775.6
Looking north, 268 km wide, heights ×75 (method).

Quinag – Spidean Coinich is a Corbett of 764.7 m in Highland. It clears the 2,500 ft line (762 m) by only 2.7 m.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Canisp at 848.1 m. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Meall an Fhudair (764.9 m) and Ben Loyal – An Caisteal (764.2 m).

To scale

Summit764.7 mKey col571.9 msea level
Key col NC 2010 2846, 0.9 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

764.7 m502nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

192.8 m710th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.5 km926th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1808.8 m
  2. 2775.6 m
  3. 3
    Glas Bheinn5.0 km east
    774.9 m
  4. 4
    Canisp9.0 km south
    848.1 m
1234QuinagQuinagGlas BheinnCanispN5 km

Lists

  • 218th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 486th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Quinag – Sail Gharbh, 808.8 m, 1.5 km north
Region
16E: Scourie to Lairg
OS map
15
Summit
Rock by crag 4m NNW of small cairn
DoBIH no.
1192
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Quinag - Spidean Coinich

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