 It lies near the headwaters of both the Strathfarrar and Strathconon glens and has several high lochans within its corries.Maoile Lunndaidh's curving summit plateau is almost 2 km in length, never dropping below the 980 metre contour.Its flatness has led to confusion as to the highest point, with the location of the summit changing three times in Munro's Tables.