Fells/Carn Geuradainn SE Top
Scotland
Carn Geuradainn SE Top
584M
1916FT
Rank
169th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
Achintee
About Carn Geuradainn SE Top
A subsidiary summit on the rough, remote ridge system east of Loch Hourn in the Western Highlands. The 'SE Top' designation marks this as a secondary high point on Carn Geuradainn's extended summit plateau, rising to 584 metres above the wild, roadless country characteristic of Knoydart's fringes.
Key Statistics
Rank
169th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
Achintee
Prominence
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38
Geology
You are walking on the Morar Group, which consists of psammite—a hard type of metamorphosed sandstone.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Carn Geuradainn SE TopCarn Geuradainn East TopCarn GeuradainnCarn GeuradainnCreag Dhubh Mhor West Top
Did You Know?
- •The name Carn Geuradainn derives from Scottish Gaelic, with 'carn' meaning a cairn or rocky hill, though the precise meaning of 'geuradainn' remains obscure—possibly related to 'geur' (sharp or keen), suggesting a pointed or exposed character.
- •This summit sits in one of Scotland's most inaccessible corners, with Loch Hourn to the south forming a natural barrier that has kept this stretch of the Western Highlands among the emptiest on the map.
- •As a Dodd (a hill between 2000 and 1999.5 feet with sufficient drop), this top sits just below the arbitrary imperial threshold that once separated 'proper' hills from lesser heights in older guidebooks.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NG983395
Latitude
57.4010°N
Longitude
5.3588°W
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