Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr an Lochain

1,004 m

3,294 ftDrop 123 mNH 005 104

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgurr an Lochain1,004Sgurr an Doire Leathain1,010Creag nan Damh917.2Maol Chinn-dearg980.3Sgurr a' Mhaoraich1,026.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr an Lochain1,004Sgurr an Doire Leathain1,010Creag nan Damh917.2
Looking north, 137 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

Sgurr an Lochain is a Munro of 1,004 m in Highland. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 123 m of drop is short of 150 m.

Its nearest higher summit, Sgurr an Doire Leathain, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit1,004 mKey col881 msea level
Key col NH 009 099, 0.6 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,004 m131st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

123 m934th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.1 km1023rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr an Doire Leathain1.1 km south-east
    1,010 m
  2. 2
    Creag nan Damh2.4 km west
    917.2 m
  3. 3
    Maol Chinn-dearg3.1 km south-east
    980.3 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr a' Mhaoraich4.4 km south-west
    1,026.6 m
1234Creag nan DamhMaol Chinn-deargN2 km

Lists

  • 130th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr an Doire Leathain, 1,010 m, 1.1 km south-east
Region
10A: Glen Shiel to Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich
OS map
33
Summit
Vegetated rock 5m NE of cairn
DoBIH no.
690
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr an Lochain

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