Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr na Coinnich

739.1 m

2,425 ftDrop 714 mNG 762 222

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgurr na Coinnich739.1Beinn na Caillich731.4Ben Aslak609Beinn a' Chapuill759.8Beinn a' Chuirn602.6
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr na Coinnich739.1Beinn na Caillich731.4Ben Aslak609
Looking north, 319 km wide, heights ×87 (method).

Sgurr na Coinnich is a Graham of 739.1 m in Highland. In the database's South-East Skye and Scalpay region it is the highest of five register hills, above Beinn na Caillich (Highland, NG601232) and three others.

No other Graham has as much drop. The key col lies 20.1 km away to the west, at 25 m. Its drop of 714 m is 97% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 25 m above sea level. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Stob na Cruaiche (740 m) and Beinn Mheadhoin (Highland, NM799514) (739 m). Its nearest higher summit, Beinn a' Chapuill West Top (741.8 m, 9.6 km south-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit739.1 mKey col25 mdrop 714 msea level
Key col NG 567 269, 20.1 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

739.1 m538th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

714 m54th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

9.6 km158th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn na Caillich1.1 km north-east
    731.4 m
  2. 2
    Ben Aslak3.3 km south
    609 m
  3. 3
    Beinn a' Chapuill10.4 km south-east
    759.8 m
  4. 4
    Beinn a' Chuirn10.7 km east
    602.6 m
1234Ben AslakN5 km

Lists

  • 32nd highest of 231 Grahams
  • 537th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn a' Chapuill West Top, 741.8 m, 9.6 km south-east
Region
17C: South-East Skye and Scalpay
OS map
33
Summit
Rock 7m N of trig point
DoBIH no.
1279
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr na Coinnich

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