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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.
The Pennines (/ ˈ p ɛ n aɪ n z /), also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, [1] are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England.Commonly described as the "backbone of England" because of its length and position, the range runs from Derbyshire and Staffordshire in the north of the Midlands to Northumberland in North East England.
All 524 of the England, Wales, and Ireland Hewitts; 117 of the 541 Lake District Birketts (of which 99 are Wainwrights), that meet the Simms criteria; All 224 of the 407 Irish Arderins with a height above 600.0 m; [a] All of the 120 P600 ("major") mountains in the British Isles; 33 of the 34 England, Wales and Ireland Furths. [g]
The Nuttalls are mountains in England and Wales only that are over 2,000 feet (610 m), and with a relative height of at least 15 metres (49 ft). [73] [74] There were 444 Nuttalls in the original list (254 in England and 190 in Wales), compiled by John and Anne Nuttall and published in 1989–90 in two volumes, The Mountains of England & Wales.
1 (The tallest mountain in a territory claimed by the UK) Mount Hope: 3,239 metres (10,627 ft) British Antarctic Territory: 2: Mount Jackson: 3,184 metres (10,446 ft) British Antarctic Territory: 3: Mount Stephenson: 2,987 metres (9,800 ft) British Antarctic Territory: 4: Mount Paget: 2,937 metres (9,636 ft) South Georgia and the South Sandwich ...
This is a list of P600 mountains in Britain and Ireland by height.A P600 is defined as a mountain with a topographic prominence above 600 m (1,969 ft), regardless of elevation or any other merits (e.g. topographic isolation); this is a similar approach to that of the Marilyn, Simms, HuMP and TuMP British Isle mountain and hill classifications.
Mountains and hills of the Pennines (4 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Mountains and hills of England" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
All 524 of the England, Wales, and Ireland Hewitts; 117 of the 541 Lake District Birketts (of which 99 are Wainwrights), that meet the Simms criteria; All 224 of the 407 Irish Arderins with a height above 600.0 m; [a] All of the 120 P600 ("major") mountains in the British Isles; 33 of the 34 England, Wales and Ireland Furths. [g]