 The mountain reaches a height of 1002 metres (3270 feet) and is classed as a Munro.The summit of the mountain is rough and boulder-ridden, living up to its Gaelic name which means "Peak of the Stony Place".From 1891 to 1997 Sgùrr na Càrnach was ranked as just a "Top" of the nearby Munro of Sgùrr Fhuraran and was not given separate Munro status, however in the 1997 revision of the tables by the Scottish Mountaineering Club, the mountain was elevated to the Munro category as it was decided that with 134 metres of topographic prominence it had the required characteristics of a separate mountain.