Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sgor an Lochain Uaine

1,258 m

4,127 ftDrop 116.7 mNN 954 976

Finder: 14 Munros in Aberdeenshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgor an Lochain Uaine1,258Cairn Toul1,292.4Braeriach1,295.5The Devil's Point1,006.9Ben Macdui1,309.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgor an Lochain Uaine1,258Cairn Toul1,292.4Braeriach1,295.5
Looking north, 116 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Sgor an Lochain Uaine is a Munro of 1,258 m in Aberdeenshire. Only four of the register's Scotland hills are higher.

It is the 5th highest Munro. Of the register hills in Aberdeenshire, only Cairn Toul stands higher. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 116.7 m of drop is short of 150 m. It is 328.9 m above the average height of the 28 register hills in Aberdeenshire. Its nearest higher summit, Cairn Toul, is also the hill its key col leads to. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 36 and 43.

To scale

Summit1,258 mKey col1,141.3 msea level
Key col NN 9581 9727, 0.5 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,258 m5th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

116.7 m944th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.0 km1047th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Cairn Toul1.0 km south-east
    1,292.4 m
  2. 2
    Braeriach2.2 km north
    1,295.5 m
  3. 3
    The Devil's Point3.4 km south-east
    1,006.9 m
  4. 4
    Ben Macdui3.7 km east
    1,309.3 m
1234Cairn ToulBraeriachBen MacduiN2 km

Lists

  • 5th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Cairn Toul, 1,292.4 m, 1.0 km south-east
Parent Marilyn
Cairn Toul
Region
08A: Cairngorms
OS map
36, 43
Summit
Boulder c.5m WNW of cairn
DoBIH no.
523
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgor an Lochain Uaine

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