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This is a list of the 33 counties of Scotland by their highest point.
Rank
County
Height
Name
National Grid reference
1
Inverness-shire
1,345 m (4,413 ft)
Ben Nevis
NN166712
2=
Aberdeenshire
1,309 m (4,295 ft)
Ben Macdhui
NN988989
2=
Banffshire
1,309 m (4,295 ft)
Ben Macdhui
NN988989
4
Perthshire
1,214 m (3,983 ft)
Ben Lawers
NN635414
5
Ross and Cromarty [ note 1]
1,183 m (3,881 ft)
Carn Eige
NH123261
6
Argyll
1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Bidean nam Bian
NN143542
7
Angus
1,068 m (3,504 ft)
Glas Maol
NO166765
8
Sutherland
998 m (3,274 ft)
Ben More Assynt
NC318201
9
Stirlingshire
974 m (3,196 ft)
Ben Lomond
NN367028
10
Dunbartonshire
943 m (3,094 ft)
Ben Vorlich
NN295124
11
Bute
874 m (2,867 ft)
Goat Fell
NR991415
12
Kirkcudbrightshire
843 m (2,766 ft)
Merrick
NX427855
13
Peeblesshire
840 m (2,760 ft)
Broad Law
NT146235
14
Dumfriesshire
821 m (2,694 ft)
White Coomb
NT163151
15
Ayrshire
782 m (2,566 ft)
Kirriereoch Hill shoulder
NX421870
16
Kincardineshire
778 m (2,552 ft)
Mount Battock
NO549844
17
Lanarkshire
748 m (2,454 ft)
Culter Fell
NT052290
18
Selkirkshire
744 m (2,441 ft)
Dun Rig
NT253315
19
Roxburghshire
743 m (2,438 ft)
Cairn Hill West Top (Hangingstone Hill)
NT895193
20
Clackmannanshire
721 m (2,365 ft)
Ben Cleuch
NN902006
21
Moray
710 m (2,330 ft)
Carn a' Ghille Chearr
NJ139298
22
Caithness
706 m (2,316 ft)
Morven
ND004285
23
Nairnshire
659 m (2,162 ft)
Carn Glas-choire
NH891291
24
Midlothian
651 m (2,136 ft)
Blackhope Scar
NT315483
25
West Lothian
562 m (1,844 ft)
West Cairn Hill
NT107584
26
East Lothian
535 m (1,755 ft)
Meikle Says Law
NT581617
27
Berwickshire
532 m (1,745 ft)
Meikle Says Law shoulder
NT581616
28=
Fife
522 m (1,713 ft)
West Lomond
NO197066
29=
Renfrewshire
522 m (1,713 ft)
Hill of Stake
NS273630
30
Kinross-shire
497 m (1,631 ft)
Innerdouny Hill
NO032073
31
Orkney
481 m (1,578 ft)
Ward Hill
HY228022
32
Shetland
450 m (1,480 ft)
Ronas Hill
HU305834
33
Wigtownshire
322 m (1,056 ft)
Craigairie Fell
NX236736
^ Abolished as a county in 1890, Cromartyshire was a distinct county consisting chiefly of the Black Isle, with the county town of Cromarty, and the district of Ullapool , with a number of enclaves scattered in the body of Ross-shire , in between. The highest point of the County of Cromarty is Sgurr Mor in the Fannichs at OS grid reference NH200694. It is 1,110 m high - which would have made it 7th in the list
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