Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

The Fara

911.4 m

2,990 ftDrop 475 mNN 598 842

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmThe Fara911.4Meall nan Eagan657.9Geal-charn917.1A' Mharconaich973.2Carn na Caim940.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmThe Fara911.4Meall nan Eagan657.9Geal-charn917.1
Looking north, 2317 km wide, heights ×69 (method).

The Fara is a Corbett of 911.4 m in Highland. It stands 253.5 m above its nearest neighbour, Meall nan Eagan, 3.2 km to the north.

On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Streap (911.6 m) and Foinaven [Foinne Bhein] – Ganu Mor (911 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Geal-charn, is a Munro, 6.0 km to the south.

To scale

Summit911.4 mKey col436 mdrop 475 msea level
Key col NN 543 770, 9.1 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

911.4 m291st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

475 m211th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

6.0 km268th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Meall nan Eagan3.2 km north
    657.9 m
  2. 2
    Geal-charn6.0 km south
    917.1 m
  3. 3
    A' Mharconaich8.0 km south
    973.2 m
  4. 4
    Carn na Caim8.1 km east
    940.8 m
1234Meall nan EaganGeal-charnA' MharconaichCarn na CaimN5 km

Lists

  • 8th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 225th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Geal-charn, 917.1 m, 6.0 km south
Region
04B: Loch Treig to Loch Ericht
OS map
42
Summit
Small cairn on rock tor 100m SSW of huge cairn
DoBIH no.
370
Map of Britain and Ireland marking The Fara

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