This is a list of Murdo mountains in Scotland by height.
Murdos are defined as Scottish mountains over in height and with a prominence over ;
a mix of
imperial and
metric
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Measuring
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Mathematics
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thresholds.
Cartographer Alan Dawson first compiled the list of Murdos in 1995 to provide an objective and quantitative alternative to 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 ...
("SMC") definition of a
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 ...
,
which has the same height threshold but a qualitative requirement of "sufficient separation", instead of prominence. The SMC does not maintain an official list of Murdos, unlike all its other
Scottish mountain and hill classifications, .
However, all Murdos are either SMC Munros or SMC Munro Tops.
Dawson's threshold was in line with the 1994
International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA; ), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France when 20 mountaineering associations met for ...
declaration that an "independent peak" had to have a prominence of over .
, there were 442 Murdos identified in Scotland.
Most
definitions of mountains in the British Isles consider peaks with a prominence between as being "tops", and not mountains. A total of 203 of the 442 Murdos exceed this prominence threshold, and thus are
Marilyns
This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks. Marilyns are defined as peaks with a prominence of or more, regardless of height or any other merit (e.g. topographic isolation ...
.
Of these, 54 exceed the
P600 prominence threshold of to be a "major" mountain.
When Dawson created the Murdos in 1995 he said "all Munros are Murdos", and listed
Maoile Lunndaidh
Maoile Lunndaidh or Maoil Lunndaidh is a Scottish mountain situated 13 km south of Achnasheen in the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highland council area. It is part of the high ground between Loch Monar and Gleann Fhiodhaig.
Overv ...
, a Munro, with a prominence of .
Surveys in 2014 showed Maoile Lunndaidh was lower than
Creag Toll a' Choin, and its prominence was ; databases of Murdos (e.g. the
DoBIH
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 ...
), no longer list Maoile Lunndaidh as a Murdo (its prominence went to
Creag Toll a' Choin), and thus not all Munros are Murdos.
Murdo mountains by height
The list below 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") as at October 2018.
Note that topological prominence, unlike topological elevation, is far more complex to measure and requires a survey of the entire contours of a peak, rather than a single point of height. These tables are therefore subject to being revised over time, and should not be amended or updated unless the entire DoBIH data is re–downloaded again. The DoBIH classification marks Munros ("M") and Munro Tops ("MT").
Bibliography
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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:
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 ...
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List of Munro mountains
This is a list of Munro mountains and Munro Tops in Scotland by height. Munros are defined as Scottish mountains over in height, and which are on the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") official list of Munros. In addition, the SMC define Mun ...
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List of Corbett mountains
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List of Graham mountains
This is an overview of the Grahams and a list of them by height. Grahams are defined as Scottish hills between 600 and 762 metres in height, with a minimum prominence, or drop, of 150 metres. The final list of Grahams, with this definition, was p ...
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List of Donald mountains
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List of Furth mountains in the British Isles
This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro, including being over in elevation, but which are ''furth'' of (i.e. "outside" of) ...
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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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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 ...
Notes
References
External links
The Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH) the largest database of British Isles mountains
Hill Bagging UK & Ireland the searchable interface for the DoBIH
The Relative Hills of Britain a website dedicated to mountain and hill classification
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