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14 (The tallest peak on a territory with a permanent population) Queen Mary's Peak: 2,062 metres (6,765 ft) Tristan Da Cunha: 23 (The tallest peak in Great Britain and Scotland) Ben Nevis: 1,345 metres (4,413 ft) Scotland: The tallest peak in Wales: Snowdon: 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) Wales: The tallest peak in England: Scafell Pike: 978 metres ...
[3] [4] Many classifications of mountains in the British Isles consider a prominence between 30–150 metres (98–492 ft) as being a "top", and not a mountain; however, using the 30 metres (98 ft) prominence threshold gives the broadest possible list of mountains. For a ranking of mountains with a higher prominence threshold use:
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
As of 31 December 2023, 7,654 people had climbed all 282 Scottish Munros, [13] as of April 2020 eleven people had climbed all 1556 Marilyns of Great Britain, [h] [14] while as of October 2022 only five people had climbed all the 2532 Simms of Great Britain, [i] Ken Whyte (Cruachan Beag 21/09/2010), Iain Thow (Cut Hill 07/06/2015), Michael ...
The summit is the highest ground in any direction for 738.6 kilometres (458.9 mi) before the Scandinavian Mountains in western Norway are reached. [ 21 ] The Peace Memorial, on the summit, is a cairn which was erected on V J Day , 15 August 1945, by the Young Men's Class of Vicar Street Methodist Church, Dudley , led by Bert Bissell , "to the ...
Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.
Ben Nevis, Great Britain, Scotland, UK 1343 m 4,406 ft The Fens, Great Britain, England, UK −4 m −13 ft: 1347 m 4,419 ft ⦁ Africa Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: 5892 m 19,331 ft Lake Assal, [3] Djibouti: −155 m −509 ft: 6047 m 19,839 ft ⦁ Madagascar: Maromokotro, Madagascar: 2876 m 9,436 ft Indian Ocean: sea level 2876 m 9,436 ft
The North of England includes the country's highest mountains, in the Lake District of Cumbria. This was one of the first national parks to be established in the United Kingdom, in 1951. The highest peak is Scafell Pike, 978 m (3,209 ft) above sea level, and at least three other summits exceed 3,000 feet or 914.4 metres making them Furth Munros.