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A Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet (910 m) is referred to as a Munro, of which there are 282. As of 2019, hundreds of thousands of people visit mountains in Scotland every winter [2] and about 130,000 climb to the summit of Ben Nevis every year. [1]
This is a list of the 100 highest mountains in Scotland by elevation. List of 100 highest mountains in Scotland ...
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.
Cherni Vrah/ Musala [13] / HP Osogovo Mountain Ben Nevis United Kingdom: 1,344 1,344: 0 none/ HP Scotland and United Kingdom: Kailash China: 6,638 1,319: 5,319 Lunpo Gangri / Sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism Cherni Vrah [14] Bulgaria: 2,290 1,259: 1031 Musala [15] / HP in Sofia City Province, right next to the ...
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.
A Munro mountain, Schiehallion is popular with walkers due to its accessibility, ease of ascent and views from its summit. An estimated 17,500 to 20,000 walkers made the ascent in 2000. [9] Most walkers start from the Forestry and Land Scotland car park at Brae of Foss, which lies just outside the boundary of the John Muir Trust estate. The ...
Pickle Gap – a mountain pass in Arkansas; San Gorgonio Pass – California, separates Mount San Gorgonio and the Transverse Ranges from Mount San Jacinto and the Peninsular ranges; Tijeras Pass – New Mexico, main route through the Sandia and Manzano Mountains east of Albuquerque; Polkorridoren, Peary Land, Greenland
The Merrick, or simply Merrick (Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhearag [4]), is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The summit elevation is 843 metres (2,766 feet), making it the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and southern Scotland.