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This is a list of the 100 highest mountains in Scotland by elevation. List of 100 highest mountains in Scotland ...
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]
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 ...
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 highest Graham, Beinn Talaidh on the Isle of Mull, is 761.6 metres (2,499 ft) and ranks as the 1285th highest mountain in the British Isles, on the Simms classification. The Graham with the greatest prominence is Sgurr na Coinnich at 714 metres (2,343 ft), which ranks it as the 54th most prominent mountain in the British Isles.
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.