Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr Mor

1,108.9 m

3,638 ftDrop 914 mNH 203 718

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr Mor1,108.9Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich954.2Sgurr nan Clach Geala1,093.4Meall a' Chrasgaidh934.4Sgurr nan Each924
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr Mor1,108.9Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich954.2Sgurr nan Clach Geala1,093.4
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Sgurr Mor is a Munro of 1,108.9 m in Highland. Nothing higher stands within 36.9 km; the nearest higher summit is Sgurr na Lapaich (1,151.9 m), to the south.

Its drop of 914 m is the 11th greatest of the 1,140 hills here. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. In the database's The Fannaichs region it is the highest of 15 register hills, above Sgurr nan Clach Geala and 13 others. The key col lies 19.3 km away to the south-west, at 195 m. Its drop is the 8th greatest among the Munros, behind Ben Nevis at the top. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Sgurr nan Clach Geala, reaches 1,093.4 m. It stands 154.7 m above its nearest neighbour, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, 1.7 km to the east. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr nan Conbhairean (1,109 m) and Meall a' Bhuiridh (1,107.9 m). It is 243.2 m above the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland.

To scale

Summit1,108.9 mKey col195 mdrop 914 msea level
Key col NH 127 541, 19.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,108.9 m44th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

914 m11th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

36.9 km37th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1954.2 m
  2. 21,093.4 m
  3. 3
    Meall a' Chrasgaidh2.4 km north-west
    934.4 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr nan Each2.8 km south-west
    924 m
1234Sgurr nan EachN1 km

Lists

  • 44th highest of 282 Munros
  • 33rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 6th highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr na Lapaich, 1,151.9 m, 36.9 km south
Region
14B: The Fannaichs
OS map
20
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
1040
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr Mor

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