Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr Ghiubhsachain

849.2 m

2,786 ftDrop 614 mNM 875 751

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgurr Ghiubhsachain849.2Sgorr Craobh a' Chaorainn775.7Druim Tarsuinn771.9Beinn Odhar Bheag883.3Meall nan Damh723.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr Ghiubhsachain849.2Sgorr Craobh a' Chaorainn775.7Druim Tarsuinn771.9
Looking north, 137 km wide, heights ×44 (method).

Sgurr Ghiubhsachain is a Corbett of 849.2 m in Highland. Its drop of 614 m is 72% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 235 m above sea level.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Cul Mor (849.7 m) and Bac an Eich (849 m). The highest point is recorded as outcrop, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit849.2 mKey col235 mdrop 614 msea level
Key col NM 900 707, 5.1 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

849.2 m375th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

614 m106th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.0 km427th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1775.7 m
  2. 2
    Druim Tarsuinn2.4 km south
    771.9 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Odhar Bheag4.0 km north-west
    883.3 m
  4. 4
    Meall nan Damh4.4 km east
    723.4 m
1234Druim TarsuinnN2 km

Lists

  • 92nd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 323rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn Odhar Bheag, 883.3 m, 4.0 km north-west
Region
18B: Sunart and Ardgour
OS map
40
Summit
Outcrop
DoBIH no.
1351
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr Ghiubhsachain

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