 Aonach Meadhoin reaches a height of 1001 metres (3284 feet) and along with the Munros of Saileag and Sgùrr a' Bhealaich Dheirg it forms a group of mountains sometimes referred to as the North Glen Shiel Ridge.The group are also known as the "“Brothers of Kintail”" in a nodding acquaintance to the better known Five Sisters of Kintail just to the north west.The mountain's name translates from Gaelic as "Middle Ridge", the mountain is shaped like a horseshoe with the summit ridge lying centrally between the two ridges on either side of Coire na Cadha which lies between the mountain and the A87 road two kilometres to the south.