Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr nan Gillean

966.1 m

3,170 ftDrop 205 mNG 471 252

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr nan Gillean966.1Am Basteir934Bruach na Frithe958.8Sgurr a' Mhadaidh918Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh972.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr nan Gillean966.1Am Basteir934Bruach na Frithe958.8
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

Sgurr nan Gillean is a Munro of 966.1 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the west, so it stands at the eastern edge of its group.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Meall Garbh (Perth and Kinross, NN647516) (967.5 m) and Ben More (Argyll and Bute) (966 m).

To scale

Summit966.1 mKey col761 msea level
Key col NG 453 238, 2.3 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

966.1 m189th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

205 m658th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.4 km517th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Am Basteir0.6 km west
    934 m
  2. 2
    Bruach na Frithe1.1 km west
    958.8 m
  3. 3
    Sgurr a' Mhadaidh3.0 km south-west
    918 m
  4. 4
    Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh3.4 km south-west
    972.1 m
1234Am BasteirBruach na FritheN2 km

Lists

  • 188th highest of 282 Munros
  • 149th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh, 972.1 m, 3.4 km south-west
Region
17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills
OS map
32
Summit
Rock by cairn
DoBIH no.
1246
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr nan Gillean

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