Munors mountain

Before the publication of Munro's Tables there was considerable uncertainty about the number of peaks in Scotland, with estimates ranging from . Sir Hugh Munro's original list, published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal in September, listed summits over feet, of which were regarded as separate mountains the term Munro applies to the latter, while the lesser summits are known as tops.
Munro did not set any measure of topographic prominence by which a peak qualified as a separate mountain, and much debate has since taken place over how distinct two hills must be if they are to be considered as two separate Munros.The Scottish Mountaineering Club SMC have carried out a number of revisions of the tables, both in response to new height data on Ordnance Survey maps and to address the perceived inconsistency as to which peaks qualify for Munro status. As of , all peaks with a prominence o or more have been given Munro status.


This has resulted in the subsidiary summits of several well known mountains, such as Beinn Alligin, Beinn Eighe and Buachaille Etive Mòr, gaining Munro status. This is in line with other classification schemes in Scotland, such as the Corbetts and Grahams, which require a peak to have a prominence of feet for inclusion; however, the Munros still lack a rigid set of criteria for inclusion, with many summits of lesser prominence listed.


The current revision, published in , lists Munros and further subsidiary tops. They are all in the Scottish Highlands, north of the Highland Boundary Fault.Despite their relatively modest height compared with some continental ranges, walking and climbing in the Scottish mountains may be made treacherous by their latitude and exposure to Atlantic weather systems.