List_of_Murdos_(mountains)

List of Murdo mountains

List of Murdo mountains

Scottish peaks above 3000 ft with 30 m prominence


This is a list of Murdo mountains in Scotland by height. Murdos are defined as Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in height, above the general threshold to be called a "mountain" in the British Isles, and with a prominence over 30 metres (98 ft);[1] a mix of imperial and metric thresholds.[2]

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British Isles cartographer Alan Dawson, first compiled the list of Murdos in 1995 to provide an objective and quantitative alternative to the more qualitative Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") definition of a Munro.[lower-alpha 1][3] Unlike all other Scottish mountain and hill classifications, the SMC does not maintain an official list of Murdos.[4] However, all Murdos are either SMC Munros or SMC Munro Tops.[1] Dawson's threshold was in line with the 1994 UIAA declaration that an "independent peak" had to have a prominence of over 30 metres (98 ft).[5]

As of October 2018, there were 442 Murdos identified in Scotland.[6] Most definitions of mountains in the British Isles consider peaks with a prominence between 30–150 metres (98–492 ft) as being "tops", and not mountains. 203 of the 442 Murdos exceed this 150 metres (492 ft) prominence threshold, and thus are marilyns.[6] 54 of the 442 Murdos exceed the P600 prominence threshold of 600 metres (1,969 ft) to be a "major" mountain.[6]

When Dawson created the Murdos in 1995 he said "all Munros are Murdos", and listed Maoile Lunndaidh, a Munro, with a prominence of 400 metres (1,312 ft).[2] Surveys in 2014, showed Maoile Lunndaidh was lower than Creag Toll a' Choin,[7] and its prominence was 11 metres (36 ft); databases of Murdos (e.g. the DoBIH), no longer list Maoile Lunndaidh as a Murdo (its prominence went to Creag Toll a' Choin), and thus not all Munros are Murdos.[8][lower-alpha 2]

Murdo mountains by height

The list below was downloaded from the Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") as at October 2018.[10][lower-alpha 3] 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.[13] 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").

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Bibliography

  • Alan Dawson (1995). The Murdos (TACit Tables). TACit Press. ISBN 978-0952268031.

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:[14][15]


prefixes:
  • s sub
  • x deleted

See also

Notes

  1. For Munros, the Scottish Mountaineering Club use a quantitative height threshold of 3,000 feet (914.4 m), but a qualitative requirement of "sufficient separation", instead of prominence.
  2. Thus almost all Munros are also Murdos; however, many climbers reject the official prominence figure of 11 m for Maoile Lunndaidh as it is based on a summit cairn on top of a large massif, which has a prominence of over 400 m, and thus state that all Munros are in fact Murdos.[9]
  3. The Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") is the most referenced database for the classification of peaks in the British Isles,[11] and the DoBIH is licensed under a "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License".[12]

References

  1. "Murdos". Database of British and Irish Hills. 3 August 2018. Murdos: Scottish hills at least 3000 feet in height with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides. All Murdos are Munros or Munro Tops but some Munro Tops fail to qualify as Murdos. The list now has "historic" status.
  2. Alan Dawson (June 1995). "Murdos". The Relative Hills of Britain (rhb.org.uk). A Murdo is a Scottish peak over 914.4 metres high (3000 feet) with a drop of at least 30 metres (98 feet) all round. The 444 Murdos comprise all 277 Munros, 160 of the most significant Munro Tops and seven additional summits. The list of Murdos shows the drop from each summit and so makes it easy for hillwalkers to collect the most rewarding 3000–foot summits without having to bother with the less significant tops.
  3. Alan Dawson (1995). The Murdos (TACit Tables). TACit Press. ISBN 978-0952268031.
  4. Chris Cocker; Graham Jackson (2018). "The Murdos". Database of British and Irish Hills.
  5. Alan Dawson. "Surveying Report 2014". The Relative Hills of Britain (rhb.org.uk). Creag Toll a'Choin was never officially a twin but turned out to be 0.35m higher than Maoile Lunndaidh. This was a surprise, as some OS maps show Maoile Lunndaidh to be 2m higher, so a second survey was carried out to confirm the finding.
  6. "Maoile Lunndaidh". HillBaggingUK. 2018. Prominence 10.5m Class Munro
  7. Steve Fallon (2018). "Munros". SteveFallonMunroAdventures. In addition to Munros, there are also Munro Tops and Murdos. Munro Tops are summits that are over 3,000ft, but considered to be a subsidiary top of a nearby Munro. There are currently 227 Munro Tops. Murdos are Scottish hills over 3,000ft with a minimum drop of 30 metres on all sides – all Munros are Murdos, but not all Munro Tops are Murdos. There are 442 Murdos.
  8. "Background to the lists". Database of British and Irish Hills. 2 August 2018.
  9. Jackson, Mark. "More Relative Hills of Britain" (PDF). Relative Hills of Britain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  10. "Copyright". Database of British and Irish Hills. 3 August 2018. We place no restrictions on use of the data by third parties and encourage authors of other websites and applications to do so. We just ask users to observe the terms of the Creative Commons license
  11. Alan Dawson (March 2016). "Surveying and mapping standards". The Relative Hills of Britain (rhb.org.uk).
  12. "Classification". Database of British and Irish Hills. 3 August 2018.

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