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This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height.
Furths This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Furths, Furths are defined as mountains that meet the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Munros, classification c ...
are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish
Munro A Munro (; ) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevi ...
, including being over in elevation, but which are ''furth'' of (i.e. "outside" of) Scotland. They are also called Welsh Munros, Irish Munros, and English Munros respectively, or the ''three-thousanders,'' as in '' The Welsh 3000 challenge''. Some Furth definitions add a
topographical prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...
above , akin to a Scottish Murdo, however the official
Scottish Mountaineering Club Established in 1889, the Scottish Mountaineering Club is a club for climbing and mountaineering in Scotland. History The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) was formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 1889, as one of Scotland's first mountaineering ...
("SMC") lists includes Furths with a prominence below this level. Applying the Real Munro definition to a Furth, requires a prominence above , akin to a Marilyn, and these 14 Furths are marked with (‡) in the tables below. The SMC lists 34 Furths: six in England, 15 in Wales, and 13 on Ireland. These compare with 282 Munros and 226 Munro Tops in Scotland. Thirty three have the in prominence to be Murdos. Fifteen have the of prominence to be Real Munros: four in England, six in Wales, and five in Ireland. Ten have the in prominence to be P600s, which being over 3,000 ft, makes them "Super-Majors": three in England, three in Wales, and four in Ireland. Climbers who complete all Munros, and the SMC list of 34 Furths, are called ''Furthists''; the SMC keeps a register which numbered 631 Furthists at October 2018. The first Furthist is registered as James A. Parker who completed all 34 Furths on 19 April 1929 (having become a ''Munroist'' in 1927). In 1986, Ashley Cooper became the first person to climb all the 3,000 ft summits in one continuous expedition, of 111 days, , and of ascent.


Furth mountains by height

This list was downloaded from the ''
Database of British and Irish Hills The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt ...
'' ("DoBIH") in October 2018, and are peaks the DoBIH marks as being Furths ("F"). The SMC updates their list of official Furths from time to time, and the DoBIH also updates their measurements as more detailed surveys are recorded, so these tables should not be amended or updated unless the entire DoBIH data is re-downloaded again.


Furth mountains by country

The following are a breakdown of Furths by country, and also marking the highest mountain classification grade by prominence (e.g. P600, Mayilyn, Hewitt etc.).


English Munros

(‡) Have the prominence of over to qualify as a Real Munro (these are Marilyns, and/or P600s)


Welsh Munros

The 15 Welsh Furths (or Welsh Munros) are part of the '' Welsh 3000 Challenge.'' (‡) Have the prominence of over to qualify as a Real Monro (these are Marilyns, and/or P600s)


Irish Munros

There are 13 Furths in Ireland listed by the
Scottish Mountaineering Club Established in 1889, the Scottish Mountaineering Club is a club for climbing and mountaineering in Scotland. History The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) was formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 1889, as one of Scotland's first mountaineering ...
, which are also referred to as the Irish Munros. (‡) Have the prominence of over to qualify as a Real Munro (these are Marilyns, and/or P600s)


DoBIH codes

The DoBIH uses the following codes for the various classifications of mountains and hills in the British Isles, which many of the above peaks also fall into:
suffixes:
= twin


See also

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Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, topographic prominence, prominence, and other criteria such as topographic isolation, isolation. These lists are used f ...
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List of mountains of the British Isles by height This article provides access to lists of mountains in Britain and Ireland by height and by prominence. (See Lists of mountains below.) Height and prominence are the most important metrics for the classifications of mountains by the UIAA; with ...
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Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, topographic prominence, prominence, and other criteria such as topographic isolation, isolation. These lists are used f ...
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Lists of mountains in Ireland In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by height ...
* List of Munro mountains * List of Murdo mountains *
List of Marilyns in the British Isles This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and surrounding islands and Stack (geology), sea stacks. Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Marilyns, Marilyns are defined as peaks w ...
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List of P600 mountains in the British Isles 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 ...


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Final Furths and Furthists
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Furths This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Furths, Furths are defined as mountains that meet the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Munros, classification c ...