Buachaille Etive Beag

Buachaille Etive Beag
Buachaille Èite Beag
The northern end of Buachaille Etive Beag, seen from Buachaille Etive Mòr
Highest point
Elevation958 m (3,143 ft)
Prominencec. 468 m
Parent peakBuachaille Etive Mòr
ListingMunro, Marilyn
Coordinates56°38′17″N 4°58′15″W / 56.638159°N 4.970747°W / 56.638159; -4.970747
Naming
English translationlittle herdsman of Etive
Language of nameGaelic
PronunciationScottish Gaelic: [ˈpuəxəʎə ˈeʰtʲə ˈpek]
Geography
LocationGlen Etive/Glen Coe, Scotland
OS gridNN179535
Topo mapOS Landranger 41
Listed summits of Buachaille Etive Beag
NameGrid refHeightStatus
Stob DubhNN179535958 m (3,143 ft)Munro, Marilyn
Stob Coire RaineachNN191548925 m (3,035 ft)Munro, Marilyn

Buachaille Etive Beag (/ˈbuəxl ˈɛtɪv ˈbɛɡ/, Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Èite Beag, 'little herdsman of Etive') is a mountain between Glen Coe and Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies west of Buachaille Etive Mòr, its larger neighbour, from which it is separated by a high mountain pass called Lairig Gartain.

Like its neighbour, Buachaille Etive Beag is a ridge about 3 km long that runs in a southwest–northeast direction. It has two peaks of Munro status: Stob Dubh (958 m) at the southern end, and Stob Coire Raineach (925 m) in the middle. The latter became a Munro in the 1997 revision of Munro's Tables, in which all tops with a topographic prominence of more than 500 feet (150 m) were promoted to full Munro status. The smaller peak at the northern end is Stob nan Cabar.