List of mountains in Scotland
This list of mountains in Scotland lists noteworthy elevations in order of absolute height. The highest 10 Munros , highest elevations on Scottish islands, prominent local mountains , as well as other scientifically interesting mountains are recorded.
The three main parts of the Highlands ( Grampian Mountains , Northwest Highlands and the offshore islands) as well as the Southern Uplands are very precisely defined, while there is no uniform and clear division into further subgroups (see structure of the Alps ). The division made here is based on the Munro list of the British hiking website www.walkhighlands.co.uk, which is not based on the list of Munros maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) in the successor of Sir Hugh Munro , the naming or The delimitation of the subgroups from one another can therefore differ in other sources.
Surname | Type | Height (m) |
Notch height |
Massif / mountains | Specialty |
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Ben Nevis | Munro | 1345 | 1345 | Ben Nevis Range ( Grampian Mountains ) | Highest mountain in the British Isles |
Ben Macdhui | Munro | 1309 | 950 | Cairngorms | Highest mountain in the Cairngorms |
Braeriach | Munro | 1296 | 490 | Cairngorms | |
Cairn Toul | Munro | 1291 | 166 | Cairngorms | |
Sgòr to Lochain Uaine | Munro | 1258 | 118 | Cairngorms | |
Cairn Gorm | Munro | 1244 | 145 | Cairngorms | |
According to Beag | Munro | 1234 | 404 | Ben Nevis Range | |
Aonach Mòr | Munro | 1221 | 134 | Ben Nevis Range | |
Càrn Mòr Dearg | Munro | 1220 | 165 | Ben Nevis Range | |
Ben Lawers | Munro | 1214 | 909 | Perthshire | Highest mountain in the southern highlands |
Beinn a 'Bhùird | Munro | 1197 | 456 | Cairngorms | |
Càrn Eige | Munro | 1183 | 1148 | Loch Ness Range ( Northwest Highlands ) | Highest mountain north of the Great Glen |
Beinn Mheadhoin | Munro | 1182 | 254 | Cairngorms | |
Mam Sodhail | Munro | 1181 | 137 | Loch Ness Range | |
Stob Choire Claurigh | Munro | 1177 | 446 | Ben Nevis Range | |
Ben More | Munro | 1174 | 989 | Loch Lomond Range | |
Ben Avon (Leabaidh to Daimh Bhuidhe) | Munro | 1171 | 197 | Cairngorms | |
Stob Binnein | Munro | 1165 | 303 | Loch Lomond Range | |
Beinn Bhrotain | Munro | 1157 | 258 | Cairngorms | |
Derry Cairngorm | Munro | 1155 | 141 | Cairngorms | |
Lochnagar | Munro | 1155 | 670 | Cairngorms | |
Schiehallion | Munro | 1083 | 718 | Perthshire | In 1774 the site of the Schiehallion experiment to determine the mean mass density of the earth. |
Buachaille Etive Mòr | Munro | 1022 | 533 | Glen Coe | |
Ladhar Bheinn | Munro | 1020 | 795 | Knoydart | Westernmost Munro on the Scottish mainland |
I'm sorry | Munro | 1010 | 632 | Torridon | Oldest British National Nature Reserve (since 1951) |
The Devil's Point | Munro | 1004 | 89 | Cairngorms | |
Sgurr Alasdair | Munro | 992 | 992 | Islands ( Isle of Skye ) | Highest mountain in Great Britain outside of Mainland Britain |
Sgurr Dearg (The Inaccessible Pinnacle) | Munro | 986 | 182 | Islands (Isle of Skye) | |
Ben Lomond | Munro | 974 | 819 | Loch Lomond Range | Southernmost of all Munros |
Ben More | Munro | 966 | 966 | Islands ( Isle of Mull ) | Highest mountain on Mull, the only island Munro outside of Skye |
Sgurr na Banachdich | Munro | 965 | 114 | Islands (Isle of Skye) | Most western of all Munros |
Mount Keen | Munro | 937 | 314 | Angus | Easternmost of all Munros |
Ben Hope | Munro | 927 | 772 | Sutherland | Northernmost of all Munros |
Ben Arthur (The Cobbler) | Corbett | 884 | 256 | Loch Lomond Range | |
Ben Ledi | Corbett | 879 | 528 | Loch Lomond Range | |
Goat fur | Corbett | 874 | 874 | Islands ( Isle of Arran ) | |
Merrick | Corbett | 843 | 705 | Dumfries and Galloway | Highest mountain in the Southern Uplands |
Beinn to Òir | Corbett | 785 | 785 | Islands ( Isle of Jura ) | |
Ben Loyal | Corbett | 764 | 609 | Sutherland | |
Bennachie | Marilyn | 528 | 316 | Aberdeenshire | |
Queensberry | Marilyn | 697 | 212 | Dumfriesshire | Highest point in the southern Lowther Hills . |
Arthur's Seat | Marilyn | 251 | 186 | City of Edinburgh | Volcanic origin; Edinburgh's local mountain |
North Berwick Law | Marilyn | 187 | 167 | Lowlands (East Lothian) | |
Dundee Law | Marilyn | 174 | City of Dundee | Dundee's local mountain |
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Mountains in Scotland |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nigel H. Trewin: The Geology of Scotland , edited by The Geological Society , Alden Press, Oxford (UK), 2002, 4th edition, ISBN 1-86239-126-2 , pp. 1-26
- ↑ Munros list (English)
- ^ Hill-List of the SMC