List of mountains of the British Isles by height facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Highest Mountains in Britain and Ireland |
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Ben Nevis, in the Scottish Highlands, is the highest mountain in The British Isles.
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| Elevation | over 600 m (1,969 ft) |
| Prominence | over 30 m (98 ft) |
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This article helps you find lists of mountains in Britain and Ireland. These lists are organized by how tall the mountains are (their height) and how much they stand out from the land around them (their prominence).
Height and prominence are the most important ways to sort mountains. A group called the UIAA uses these measurements to classify mountains. This list comes from the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). It includes peaks that are at least 600 metres (1,969 ft) tall. It also only includes peaks that rise at least 30 metres (98 ft) above the land around them.
Because of these rules, this list includes 2,756 mountains called "Simms" in the British Isles (as of October 2022). Some mountain groups only count peaks with a prominence of 150 metres (492 ft) or more as true mountains. But using the 30 metres (98 ft) prominence rule gives us the biggest possible list of mountains.
If you want to see lists of mountains with a higher prominence, you can check out:
- List of Marilyns in the British Isles: These mountains have a prominence of over 150 metres (492 ft).
- List of P600 mountains in the British Isles: These mountains have a prominence of over 600 metres (1,969 ft).
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What are Simms?
Even though the "Simms" list uses a lower prominence rule (30 metres (98 ft)), almost all famous Scottish mountains called "Munros" are included. For example, 281 out of 282 Munros are Simms. The only one missing is Maoile Lunndaidh, because its prominence changed to only 11 metres (36 ft) in 2014.
As of October 2018, the list of 2,754 British Isles Simms included:
- 281 of the 282 Munros.
- All 222 Corbetts.
- All 219 Grahams.
- All 118 Scottish New Donalds.
- All 524 of the England, Wales, and Ireland Hewitts.
- All 120 of the "major" mountains (called P600) in the British Isles.
How Mountains are Measured
The lists of mountains are based on information from the DoBIH. Measuring how much a mountain stands out (its prominence) is tricky. It needs a detailed survey of the mountain's shape, not just its highest point. Because of this, these lists can change over time as new surveys are done.
Regional Top: This means it's the highest mountain in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or the Isle of Man.
Lists of Mountains
Here are links to the full lists of mountains:
Mountain Classifications
The DoBIH uses special codes for different types of mountains and hills. Here are some of the main ones:
- Ma: Marilyn (prominence over 150m)
- Sim: Simm (height over 600m, prominence over 30m)
- M: Munro (Scottish mountains over 914.4m)
- C: Corbett (Scottish mountains between 762m and 914.4m)
- G: Graham (Scottish mountains between 609.6m and 762m)
- Hew: Hewitt (mountains in England, Wales, and Ireland over 609.6m)
- W: Wainwright (popular hills in the Lake District)
- A: Arderin (Irish mountains over 500m)
- P600: P600 (mountains with prominence over 600m)
People Who Have Climbed All Mountains
It's a huge challenge to climb all the mountains in a certain group! As of December 31, 2021, 7,098 people had climbed all 282 Scottish Munros. As of April 2020, eleven people had climbed all 1556 Marilyns in Great Britain.
Even fewer people have climbed all the Simms. As of October 2022, only five people had climbed all 2532 Simms in Great Britain:
- Ken Whyte (finished September 21, 2010)
- Iain Thow (finished June 7, 2015)
- Michael Earnshaw (finished July 16, 2019)
- Rob Woodall (finished June 28, 2021)
- Anne Bunn (finished September 24, 2022)
The first three people on this list have also climbed the Irish Simms, meaning they have climbed all the Simms in the entire British Isles!
See also
- Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
- Lists of mountains in Ireland
- List of Munro mountains
- List of Murdo mountains
- List of Furth mountains in the British Isles
- List of Marilyns in the British Isles
- List of P600 mountains in the British Isles
