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This list was downloaded from the Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") on 31 October 2024, and are peaks the DoBIH marks as being Munros ("M"). [e] [14] The SMC updates its list of official Munros from time to time, and the DoBIH also updates its measurements as new surveys are recorded, so these tables should not be amended or updated unless the entire DoBIH data is re-downloaded.
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.
The term Real Munro is used for hills with a prominence above 150 m (492 ft), which is the threshold for a Marilyn. For a single table of all 282 Munros, or all 226 Munro Tops, ranked by height and by prominence, see the "List of Munro mountains in Scotland".
Munros are mountains in Scotland over 3000 feet (914.4 m) that are listed in Munro's Tables, compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 and subsequently revised by the Scottish Mountaineering Club Wikimedia Commons has media related to Munros .
The Mamores [pronunciation?] are a group of mountains in the Lochaber area of the Grampian Mountains in the Scottish Highlands. They form an east–west ridge approximately fifteen kilometres in length lying between Glen Nevis to the north and Loch Leven to the south. The Mamores. Ten of the ranges are classified as Munros; from west to east ...
The highest eastern ranges can be split primarily into the Monadhliath, the Cairngorms and the Mounth. Well-known mountains and hills are to be found here, such as Ben A'an, The Cobbler, Buachaille Etive Mòr, Bidean nam Bian, Schiehallion, Ben Macdui and Lochnagar. The highest mountain in this area is Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain.
[9] [28] The name was coined as a humorous contrast to the designation Munro, which is homophonous with [Marilyn] Monroe. [9] The Marilyns are one of the most popular lists for peak baggers, and because of the lack of any height threshold, the classification includes a wide range of hills and mountains, and some sea stacks (pictured right). [9 ...
This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro , including being over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in elevation, but which are furth of (i.e. "outside" of) Scotland.