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List of Furth mountains in the British Isles

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List of Furth mountains in the British Isles
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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 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in elevation, but which are furth of (i.e. "outside" of) Scotland.[1][2][3] They are also called Welsh Munros, Irish Munros,[4] and English Munros respectively, or the three-thousanders,[b] as in The Welsh 3000 challenge.

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Some Furth definitions add a topographical prominence above 30 metres (98 feet), akin to a Scottish Murdo, however the official Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") lists includes Furths with a prominence below this level.[a][5] Applying the Real Munro definition to a Furth, requires a prominence above 150 metres (492 feet), akin to a Marilyn, and these 14 Furths are marked with (‡) in the tables below.[6]

The SMC lists 34 Furths: six in England, 15 in Wales, and 13 on Ireland.[7] These compare with 282 Munros and 226 Munro Tops in Scotland.[8] Thirty three have the 30 metres (98 feet) in prominence to be Murdos. Fifteen have the 150 metres (492 feet) of prominence to be Real Munros: four in England, six in Wales, and five in Ireland. Ten have the 600 metres (1,969 feet) in prominence to be P600s, which being over 3,000 ft, makes them "Super-Majors": three in England, three in Wales, and four in Ireland.

Climbers who complete all Munros, and the SMC list of 34 Furths, are called Furthists; the SMC keeps a register which numbered 631 Furthists at October 2018.[9] The first Furthist is registered as James A. Parker who completed all 34 Furths on 19 April 1929 (having become a Munroist in 1927).[10] In 1986, Ashley Cooper became the first person to climb all the 3,000 ft summits in one continuous expedition, of 111 days, 2,500 km (1,600 mi), and 150 km (93 mi) of ascent.[10][11]

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Furth mountains by height

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This list was downloaded from the Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") in October 2018, and are peaks the DoBIH marks as being Furths ("F").[c][14] The SMC updates their list of official Furths from time to time, and the DoBIH also updates their measurements as more detailed surveys are recorded, so these tables should not be amended or updated unless the entire DoBIH data is re-downloaded again.

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Furth mountains by country

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The following are a breakdown of Furths by country, and also marking the highest mountain classification grade by prominence (e.g. P600, Mayilyn, Hewitt etc.).

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English Munros

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(‡) Have the prominence of over 150 metres (492 ft) to qualify as a Real Munro (these are Marilyns, and/or P600s)

Welsh Munros

The 15 Welsh Furths (or Welsh Munros) are part of the Welsh 3000 Challenge.

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(‡) Have the prominence of over 150 metres (492 ft) to qualify as a Real Monro (these are Marilyns, and/or P600s)

Irish Munros

There are 13 Furths in Ireland listed by the Scottish Mountaineering Club, which are also referred to as the Irish Munros.

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(‡) Have the prominence of over 150 metres (492 ft) to qualify as a Real Munro (these are Marilyns, and/or P600s)

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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:[15][16]


prefixes:
  • s sub
  • x deleted

suffixes:
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Note

  1. 33 of the 34 SMC Furths have a prominence above 30 metres (98 feet), however, Caher West Top in Ireland, has a prominence of 24 metres (79 feet).
  2. A derivation of the Himalayan Eight-thousander
  3. The Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") is the most referenced database for the classification of peaks in the British Isles,[12] and the DoBIH is licensed under a "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License".[13]
  4. Because all Furths are over 3,000 feet (914.4 m), and therefore meet all the elevation thresholds of Hewitts and Nuttals/Vandeleur-Lynams (P600s and Marilyns do not have elevation thresholds), the only difference is on prominence. 10 have the prominence to be[clarification needed] therefore, the colouring given to a Furth in the tables, is based on the highest definition of prominence that the Furth achieved.
  5. Nuttalls refers to mountains in England and Wales, the Irish equivalent of Nuttalls is the Vandeleur-Lynam list
  6. Parent peak is a term used in topographic prominence which can produce results that seem unusual, but are based on the specific guidelines used by the OSI in estimating prominence, and the hierarchy of prominence.
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