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Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belonging to the Scottish Lowlands.
This is a list of the 100 highest mountains in Scotland by elevation. List of 100 highest mountains in Scotland ...
The list of Munros dates from 1891, and 255 of the 282 Munros below, were on the original 1891 list; [2] while 28 of the 226 Munro Tops, were once Munros. [8] Climbers who complete all Munros in the prevailing Munro's Tables are called Munroists , and the first Munroist was A. E. Robertson in 1901; his is recorded as Munroist Number 1 on the ...
Perhaps the first of what would become many notable mountain lists around the world was Sir Hugh Munro’s catalogue of the Munros, the peaks above 3,000’ elevation in Scotland. [1] Once defined the list became a popular target for what became known as peak bagging , where the adventurous attempted to summit all of the peaks on the list.
Ben Nevis is the highest Munro and highest mountain in Britain. A Munro (listen ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Rothach [1]) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet (914.4 m), and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement.
As of June 2019, this is the list of the 282 Munros, recognised by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") and The Munro Society. [1] The Munros are listed by "Section" per the Munro's Tables , [ 2 ] and in descending order of height within each section.
The longest river in Scotland is the River Tay, at 188 km (117 mi) in length. The largest freshwater loch in Scotland by surface area is Loch Lomond, with a surface area of 71 km 2 (27.4 sq mi). The largest freshwater loch in Scotland by volume is Loch Ness, with a volume of 7.5 km 3 (1.8 cu mi).
Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands (2 C, 80 P) Pages in category "Mountains and hills of Scotland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.