Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr a' Chaorachain

793 m

2,602 ftDrop 209.9 mNG 796 417

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgurr a' Chaorachain793Beinn Bhan895.7Sgurr a' Gharaidh732.3Beinn a' Chlachain625.8Beinn Damh902.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgurr a' Chaorachain793Beinn Bhan895.7Sgurr a' Gharaidh732.3
Looking north, 3725 km wide, heights ×913 (method).

Sgurr a' Chaorachain is a Corbett of 793 m in Highland. It sits below Beinn Bhan (Highland, NG803450), only 3.4 km to the north and 102.7 m higher.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Beinn Mhic Mhonaidh (794.8 m) and Beinn Leoid (792.9 m).

To scale

Summit793 mKey col583.1 msea level
Key col NG 7840 4423, 2.8 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

793 m453rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

209.9 m643rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.4 km517th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Bhan3.4 km north
    895.7 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr a' Gharaidh9.1 km east
    732.3 m
  3. 3
    Beinn a' Chlachain10.3 km north-west
    625.8 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Damh12.8 km north-east
    902.4 m
1234Beinn BhanBeinn DamhN5 km

Lists

  • 170th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 422nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Bhan, 895.7 m, 3.4 km north
Region
13B: Applecross to Achnasheen
OS map
24
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
990
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr a' Chaorachain

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