Cnoc Còinnich

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cnoc Còinnich

| photo = Cnoc Coinnich Summit - geograph.org.uk - 803090.jpg

| photo_caption = Cnoc Còinnich summit

| elevation_m = 763.5

| elevation_ref = {{Cite web|url = https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=1423|title = Cnoc Coinnich |publisher = hillbagging.co.uk|accessdate = 13 November 2019}}

|prominence = 274

|prominence_ref =

| location = Argyll and Bute, Scotland

| range = Arrochar Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|56.1665|-4.8463|type:mountain_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| listing = Corbett, Marilyn

}}

Cnoc Còinnich (Scottish Gaelic, "Mossy Hill"{{cite web |url=https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/discover-the-park/our-heritage-culture/our-gaelic-culture/mountains/ |title=The Mountain Names |accessdate=2023-01-29 |website=www.lochlomond-trossachs.org}}) is a Corbett situated in Ardgoil in the Argyll & Bute council region and forms part of the Arrochar Alps.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcofs.org.uk/munro-corbett-introduction-corbetts.asp|title=MCofS - Munros & Corbetts - The Corbetts|website=www.mcofs.org.uk|access-date=2016-07-03}}

Cnoc Còinnich missed out on Corbett status by one metre until July 2016 when it was resurveyed at the instigation of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC). The new height is 763.5 m, changing its classification from one of the highest Grahams (second only to Beinn Talaidh) to one of the lowest Corbetts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2016/06/30/hill-sleuths-journey-into-mist-reveals-cnoc-coinnich-measures-up-to-corbett-status|title=Hill sleuths' journey into mist reveals Cnoc Coinnich measures up to Corbett status|access-date=2016-06-30}} The height was ratified by the Ordnance Survey and will be shown as 764 m on its maps.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2016/07/a-new-corbett-for-scotland/|title=A New Corbett for Scotland|access-date=2016-07-09|date=2016-07-05}}

The hill is easily ascended from either Lochgoilhead, or from Ardgartan on the A83 and is not far off the course of the Cowal Way long-distance footpath. It is often climbed together with The Brack, another Corbett which lies at the other side of the Coilessan bealach (col).

Cnoc Còinnich is topped by a small cairn at grid reference NN233007.

{{Arrochar Alps}}

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