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Càrn Eighe
Carn Eighe () is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Rising to above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Scotland north of the Great Glen, the twelfth-highest in the British Isles, and, in terms of Topographic prominence, relative height (topographic prominence), it is the second-tallest mountain in the British Isles after Ben Nevis (its "parent peak" for determination of topographic prominence). Carn Eighe lies between Glen Affric and Loch Mullardoch, and is at the heart of a massif along with its twin peak, the Mam Sodhail. Administratively, it is in the Highland (council area), Highland council area, on the boundary between the Historic counties of Scotland, historic counties of Inverness-shire, Inverness and Ross and Cromarty, on the former lands of the Clan Chisholm. The mountain is not easy to access, being from the nearest road. Another prominent peak to the north, Beinn Fhionnlaidh (Mullardoch), Beinn Fhionnlaidh, is even less accessible. Name The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains Of The British Isles By Relative Height
This is a list of P600 mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. A P600 is defined as a mountain with a topographic prominence above , regardless of elevation or any other merits (e.g. topographic isolation); this is a similar approach to that of the Marilyn, Simms, HuMP and TuMP Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles, British Isle mountain and hill classifications. By definition, P600s have a height above , the requirement to be called a Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Elevation, "mountain" in the British Isles. The "P" terminology is an international classification, along with P1500 Ultra-prominent peak, Ultras. P600 and "Majors" are used interchangeably. , there were 120 P600s in the British Isles: 81 in Scotland, 25 in Ireland, 8 in Wales, 4 in England, 1 in Northern Ireland, and 1 in the Isle of Man. The 120 P600s contained 54 of the List of Munro mountains in Scotland, 282 Scottish Munros, and 10 of the List of Furth mountains in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |