A Munro is a Scottish mountain with a height over 3,000 ft (914.4 m). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro (1856–1919), who produced the first compilation of a catalogue of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891. A Munro top is a summit over 3000 ft which is not regarded as a separate mountain.
Before 1891 and the publication of Munro's Tables there was considerable uncertainty about the number of peaks in Scotland over 3,000 feet (914 m). E...
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A Munro is a Scottish mountain with a height over 3,000 ft (914.4 m). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro (1856–1919), who produced the first compilation of a catalogue of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891. A Munro top is a summit over 3000 ft which is not regarded as a separate mountain.
Before 1891 and the publication of Munro's Tables there was considerable uncertainty about the number of peaks in Scotland over 3,000 feet (914 m). Estimates ranged from as few as 31 in the guides written by M.J.B. Baddeley, up to 236 listed by Robert Hall in the third edition of The Highland Sportsman and Tourist, published in 1884. One of the aims of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, formed in 1889, was to rectify this situation and accurately document all of Scotland's mountains over 3,000 feet (914 m). Sir Hugh Munro, a founding member of the Club, took on the task using his own experience as a mountaineer, as well as detailed study of the Ordnance Survey Six-inch to the mile and One...
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