Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr a' Chaorachain

1,053 m

3,455 ftDrop 568 mNH 087 447

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr a' Chaorachain1,053Sgurr Choinnich999.3Sgurr na Feartaig863Sgurr nan Ceannaichean913.4Beinn Tharsuinn861.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr a' Chaorachain1,053Sgurr Choinnich999.3Sgurr na Feartaig863
Looking north, 109 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Sgurr a' Chaorachain is a Munro of 1,053 m in Highland. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Sgurr Choinnich (Highland, NH076446), reaches 999.3 m.

Its nearest higher summit, An Riabhachan NE Top (1,125 m, 11.2 km south-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit1,053 mKey col485 mdrop 568 msea level
Key col NH 159 463, 7.4 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,053 m77th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

568 m138th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

11.2 km129th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr Choinnich1.1 km west
    999.3 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr na Feartaig3.3 km west
    863 m
  3. 3913.4 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Tharsuinn3.5 km south-west
    861.2 m
1234Sgurr ChoinnichBeinn TharsuinnN2 km

Lists

  • 77th highest of 282 Munros
  • 61st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
An Riabhachan NE Top, 1,125 m, 11.2 km south-east
Region
12A: Kyle of Lochalsh to Garve
OS map
25
Summit
Trig point (broken)
DoBIH no.
885
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr a' Chaorachain

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