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Ordnance Survey Triangulation Pillars

GPS Waypoints of all UK Ordnance Survey Trig. Points


Wainwrights

Hills & mountains of the Lake District volumes 1-7 of Wainwright's A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. (Note the there are no qualification criteria for Wainwrights, the author sometimes gives a summit location that is not the highest point of the fell. Our policy is to take the location intended by Wainwright. The list is not subject to revision.)


Munros

Scottish Munro Mountains - The Munros are the highest of Scotland's mountains, 282 mountain tops named after the man who first catalogued them, Sir Hugh Munro.
Revised down from 284: Beinn a'Chlaidheimh and Sgurr nan Ceannaichean have been surveyed as less than 3000ft and have been reclassified as Corbetts.


Welsh 3000s

The famous Welsh 3000 ft Mountains; Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa (1,085 m), Garnedd Ugain / Crib y Ddysgl (1,065 m), Crib Goch (923 m), Elidir Fawr (924 m), Y Garn (947 m), Glyder Fawr (999 m), Glyder Fach (994 m), Tryfan (915 m), Pen yr Ole Wen (978 m), Carnedd Dafydd (1,044 m), Carnedd Llewelyn (1,064 m), Yr Elen (962 m), Foel Grach (976 m), Garnedd Uchaf (926 m), Foel-fras (942 m). aka the Welsh Munros


Marilyns

Hills & Mountains of any height with a drop of at least 150 metres on all sides. The geographical area includes the Isle of Man and the islands of St Kilda. (N.B. includes twin peak marilyns)


Corbetts

Corbetts - Scottish hills between 2500 and 2999 feet high with a drop of at least 500 feet (152.4m) on all sides. (making them a sub-set of the Marilyns too)


Hewitts

Hills of England and Wales & Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with at least 30 metre drop on all sides).


Birketts

Lake District hills over 1,000ft listed in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells


Trail 100

Trail's Top 100 Hills; a list of 100 hills published in Trail Magazine in 2007 which has become popularised by becoming the objective of the WaterAid Trail 100 charity challenge.


HuMPs

Hills of any height with a drop of at least 100 metres or more on all sides. The name HuMP stands for Hundred Metre Prominence. (All Marylins are HuMPs) The original source for the HuMPs list was Dr Eric Yeaman's "Handbook of the Scottish Hills", published by Wafaida in 1989. Clem Clements applied Yeaman's original criteria to England and Wales, and christened the results "Yeomans".


Nuttalls

Hills & Mountains list maintained by John and Anne Nuttall and detailed in 'The Mountains of England and Wales' published by Cicerone Press. Includes all the Hewitts


Grahams

Graham Mountains: - A Graham is a hill from 610 metres to 761 metres high inclusive (2000-2499 feet), with a drop of at least 150 metres all round. Originally, Scottish hills in this height range were referred to as Elsies (short for Lesser Corbetts).


Donalds

Hills in the Scottish Lowlands at least 2000 feet high. 'Tops' are all elevations with a drop of at least 100 feet (30.48m) on all sides and elevations of sufficient topographical merit with a drop of between 50 and 100 feet. Certain of these are designated 'Hills' according to a complex formula based on both distance and drop.


Wainwrights Vol. 8

Hills around the Lake District listed in Wainwright's Book "Volume 8 The Outlying Fells of Lakeland".


Munro Tops

Scottish 'Tops': - Munro Tops are subsidiary summits to Munros which although meeting the height criterion for a Munro are not deemed to be separate to be distinct Munros.


Deweys

Hills in England, Wales and the Isle of Man at least 500m high with a drop of at least 30m on all sides. The list was published with no upper bound on height, but in practice the name is applied to hills below 610m (2000ft) high, as hills over 610m are usually called Hewitts.


Sub-Hewitts

Hills falling short of being Hewitts on drop by 10m or less.


Historic County tops

The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county. Based on the traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. Note that these were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function.


Murdos

Murdos: - A Murdo is a Scottish peak over 3000 feet with a drop of at least 30 metres (98 feet) all round. The Murdos comprise the main Munros and the most significant Munro Tops.


Dillons

Hills in Ireland at least 2000 feet high published in The Mountains of Ireland. There is no prominence criterion. Both the Dillons and the Hewitts have 212 hills, but 13 hills in each list do not appear in the other.


Sub-Grahams

Hills falling short of being Grahams on drop by 10m or less.


Sub-Murdos

Hills falling short of being Murdos on drop by 10m or less.


Donald Tops

'Tops' relating to Donald Hills


Sub-Marilyns

hills that narrowly fall short of meeting the Marilyn list's classification threshold


Current County and Unitary Authority tops

The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county. Based on the list of Counties, Metropolitan Districts and Unitary Authorities that came into existence in the 1990s, and are still changing.


Graham Tops (All)

Subsidiary summits of Munros, Corbetts and Grahams between 2000 and 2499 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Buxton and Lewis

From the Buxton & Lewis (1986) historical list of the 2000-foot summits of England and Wales. The list was defined by the original publication and is not subject to revision.


Corbett Tops (All)

Subsidiary summits of Munros and Corbetts between 2500 and 2999 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Administrative County tops

The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county. Based on the redrawn administrative boundaries and introduction of Metropolitan Counties in the mid 1970s. These began to be abolished in the 1990s.


Bridge's 2000ft Hills

An historical list of 2000-foot summits of England and Wales compiled by Bridge (1973). The list was defined by the original publication and is not subject to revision.


SiMS

SiMS: Six-hundred Metre Summits (600m+/P30m) a list of British 600m hills with at least 30 meters of prominence. For more details see http://www.rhb.org.uk/sims/


Furth Munros

The Furths comprise summits which are generally recognised as being the 3000ft peaks of the British Isles 'furth' of Scotland (furth meaning outside). These are the equivalent of the 'Munros' of England, Ireland and Wales.


Donald Deweys

Scottish Lowland equivalent of the Deweys - hills with at least 500m high and below 609.6m with a drop of at least 30m on all sides. (see also the Highland Fives)


Highland Fives

Scottish Highland equivalent of the Deweys - hills with at least 500m high and below 609.6m with a drop of at least 30m on all sides. (see also the Donald Deweys)


Vandeleur-Lynams

Hills in Ireland at least 600 metres high with a drop of at least 15 metres on all sides.


Hills between 490 & 499m

Hills between 490 and 499m with 30m drop.
(sorry no equivalent data for Ireland yet)


Myrddyn Deweys

Irish equivalent of the Deweys - hills with at least 500m high and below 609.6m with a drop of at least 30m on all sides.


Arderins

Hills in Ireland at least 500 metres high with a drop of at least 30m on all sides. The name comes from the 527m hill which is the County Top for both Laois and Offaly and means, from the Irish, "Height of Ireland". This list effectively amalgamates the Irish Hewitts and Myrddyn Deweys.


Major Mountains of the UK (P600m )

The P600m Peaks - a list of British and Irish hills with at least 600m of prominence. For more information, visit Mark Trengove's Europeaklist website and see the PDF at the bottom of the page.


P500m Prominent Peaks

The P500m Peaks - a list of British and Irish hills with at least 500m of prominence. For more details see Jim Bloomer and Roddy Urquhart's website


Really Big Hills of UK (P609m)

The P609m Peaks - a list of British and Irish hills with at least 2000 feet of prominence. For more details see http://sucs.org/~baronson/bagging/


Carns

Carns are hills in Ireland between 400 and 499.9m high with a drop of at least 30m on all sides as defined by MountainViews, based on a list originally supplied to the Mountaineering Council of Ireland by Myrddyn Phillips. The name comes from Carn Hill, Cnoc an Chairn, "hill of the cairn" in the Sperrins.


Binnions

The Binnions are irish hills below 400m with 150m drop. The list is not identical to the subset of Marilyns below 400m.


TUMPs P30m

TUMPs or P30s are hills of any height with a drop of at least 30 metres or more on all sides. The name TUMP stands for Thirty & Upward Metres Prominence.


Marilyn Twin Peaks

A Marilyn Twin Peak is a summit of equal height to another Marilyn where the drop between the two is less than 150m.


London Borough tops

The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each London Borough.


Corbett Tops on Corbetts

Subsidiary summits of Corbetts between 2500 and 2999 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Corbett Tops on Munros

Subsidiary summits of Munros between 2500 and 2999 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Graham Tops on Munros

Subsidiary summits of Munros between 2000 and 2499 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Graham Tops on Grahams

Subsidiary summits of Grahams between 2000 and 2499 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Graham Tops on Corbetts

Subsidiary summits of Corbetts between 2000 and 2499 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Sub-HuMPs

Hills falling short of being HuMPs on drop by 10m or less.


Sub-Deweys

Hills falling short of being Deweys on drop by 10m or less.


Sub-Donald Deweys

Hills falling short of being Donald Deweys on drop by 10m or less.


Sub-490-499m hills

Hills falling short of being "490-499m hills" on drop by 10m or less.


HuMP Twin Peaks

A Twin HuMP is defined as a summit of equal height to another HuMP where the drop between the two summits is at least 30m but less than 100m.


Graham Tops on Hewitts

The single subsidiary summit of the only Scottish Hewitt between 2000 and 2499 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides.


Sub-Highland Fives

Hills falling short of being Highland Fives on drop by 10m or less.


Sub-Myrddyn Deweys

Hills falling short of being Myrddyn Deweys on drop by 10m or less.


Deleted Corbetts

Hills previously on the Corbetts list but now removed - usually because of improved mapping. (Not included in deleted if they are included in the 'Subs' list). (an older classification from HDB v10)


Deleted Munro Tops

Hills previously on the Munro Tops list but now removed - usually because of improved mapping. (Not included in deleted if they are included in the 'Subs' list). (an older classification from HDB v10)


Deleted Donald Tops

Hills previously on the Donalds list but now removed - usually because of improved mapping. (Not included in deleted if they are included in the 'Subs' list). (an older classification from HDB v10)


Deleted Nuttalls

Hills previously on the Nuttalls list but now removed - usually because of improved mapping. (Not included in deleted if they are included in the 'Subs' list). (an older classification from HDB v10)


Other Hills

Some miscellanious hills not calssified in any of the other groupings here - often due to deletion or demotion from a previous list.


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