Mountains in the British Isles are classified according to height. At Beinn Sgritheall is a Munro, being a Scottish mountain over . It is also classified as a Marilyn given its prominence of . It is the highest mountain on the Glenelg peninsula, an area of largely uninhabited land bounded by Loch Alsh and Loch Duich to the north and by Loch Hourn to the west and south.