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Highest mountains in Great Britain. ("Simms" classification) Ben Nevis, in the Scottish Highlands, is the highest mountain in The British Isles. Highest point. Elevation. over 600 m (1,969 ft) Prominence. over 30 m (98 ft) Geography.
Highest mountains in Great Britain. ("Simms" classification) Ben Nevis, in the Scottish Highlands, is the highest mountain in The British Isles. Highest point. Elevation. over 600 m (1,969 ft) Prominence. over 30 m (98 ft) Geography.
A Hardy is the highest point of a UK, Manx or Channel Island hill range, a UK island over 1,000 acres (400 hectares) or 4.05 km 2) or a UK top-tier administrative area (counties and unitary authorities). There are now 347 Hardys with the recent addition (up to July 2016) of five low lying English coastal estuary islands: 61 hill ranges, 96 ...
2,315 metres (7,595 ft) British Antarctic Territory. 14 (The tallest peak on a territory with a permanent population) Queen Mary's Peak. 2,062 metres (6,765 ft) Tristan Da Cunha. 23 (The tallest peak in Great Britain and Scotland) Ben Nevis. 1,345 metres (4,413 ft)
Many classifications of mountains in the British Isles consider a prominence between 30–150 metres (98–492 ft) as being a "top", and not a mountain; however, using the 30 metres (98 ft) prominence threshold gives the broadest possible list of mountains. For a ranking of mountains with a higher prominence threshold use:
The 120 P600s contained 54 of the 282 Scottish Munros, and 10 of the 34 Non-Scottish Munros (or Furths), all of which have heights above 3,000 feet (914.4 m), and are sometimes called the "Super-Majors". The list also contained the highest mountains in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and England. On 9 November 2019, Norfolk climber Liam Chase became ...
Pony track and mountain path. Ben Nevis (/ ˈnɛvɪs / NEV-iss; Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Nibheis, Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [pe (ɲ) ˈɲivɪʃ]) is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. The summit is 1,345 metres (4,413 ft) [ 1 ] above sea level and is the highest land in any direction for 739 ...
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.