Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle

985.8 m

3,234 ftDrop 187.6 mNG 444 215

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle985.8Sgurr Mhic Choinnich948.1Sgurr na Banachdich965.5Sgurr Alasdair992Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh972.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle985.8Sgurr Mhic Choinnich948.1Sgurr na Banachdich965.5
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle is a Munro of 985.8 m in Highland. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor (986 m) and Ben Vorlich (Perth and Kinross) (985.3 m).

The key col is close by, only 0.4 km to the east at 798.2 m. The highest point is recorded as upright boulder, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit985.8 mKey col798.2 msea level
Key col NG 44787 21380, 0.4 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

985.8 m163rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

187.6 m726th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.0 km1047th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr Mhic Choinnich0.8 km south-east
    948.1 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr na Banachdich1.0 km north-west
    965.5 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr Alasdair1.0 km south-east
    992 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh1.6 km north
    972.1 m
1234Sgurr AlasdairN1 km

Lists

  • 162nd highest of 282 Munros
  • 131st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr Alasdair, 992 m, 1.0 km south-east
Region
17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills
OS map
32
Summit
Upright boulder
DoBIH no.
1240
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr Dearg - Inaccessible Pinnacle

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