Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr na Carnach

1,002 m

3,287 ftDrop 134 mNG 977 158

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgurr na Carnach1,002Sgurr Fhuaran1,068.8Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe1,027Biod an Fhithich645.9Saileag958.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr na Carnach1,002Sgurr Fhuaran1,068.8Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe1,027
Looking north, 126 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

Sgurr na Carnach is a Munro of 1,002 m in Highland. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhonuill (1,002.1 m) and Aonach Meadhoin (1,001.9 m).

It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 134 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Sgurr Fhuaran, is also the hill its key col leads to. The database describes the top as a large cairn.

To scale

Summit1,002 mKey col868 msea level
Key col NG 977 163, 0.5 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,002 m135th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

134 m916th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.8 km1086th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr Fhuaran0.8 km north
    1,068.8 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe1.2 km south-east
    1,027 m
  3. 3
    Biod an Fhithich2.9 km south-west
    645.9 m
  4. 4
    Saileag4.2 km east
    958.2 m
1234Sgurr FhuaranBiod an FhithichSaileagN2 km

Lists

  • 134th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr Fhuaran, 1,068.8 m, 0.8 km north
Parent Marilyn
Sgurr Fhuaran
Region
11A: Loch Duich to Cannich
OS map
33
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
827
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr na Carnach

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