page_title: Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
section_title: Murdos
hierarchical_section_title: Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles / Scotland only / Murdos
caption_attribution_description: English: Braeriach Plateau. Towards Sgor an Lochain Uaine (Angel's Peak) with Cairn Toul beyond.
context_page_description: The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt to reach all the summits on a given list, the oldest being the 282 Munros in Scotland, created in 1891.
  A height above 2,000 ft, or more latterly 600 m, is considered necessary to be classified as a mountain – as opposed to a hill – in the British Isles. With the exception of Munros, all the lists require a prominence above 15 metres. A prominence of between 15 and 30 metres, does not meet the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation definition of an "independent peak", which is a threshold over 30 metres. Most lists consider a prominence between 30 and 150 metres as a "top". Marilyns, meanwhile, have a prominence above 150 metres, with no additional height threshold. They range from small 150-metre hills to the largest mountains. Prominences above 600 metres, meet the P600 classification, which is the UIAA international classification of a "major" mountain.
context_section_description: The Murdos apply a quantitive criteria to the Munros and their associated tops, and comprise all of the summits in Scotland over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) with a prominence above 30 metres (98 ft).  There are 442 Murdos, compared to 282 Munros (or 509 Munros plus Munro Tops); one of the Munros does not qualify as a Murdo (Maoile Lunndaidh), and 66 of the Munro Tops do not qualify as Murdos.
  Alan Dawson first compiled the list in 1995 as an objective and quantitative alternative to the more qualitative SMC definition of a Munro.  Dawson's threshold is in line with the 1994 UIAA declaration that an "independent peak" has to have a prominence of over 30 metres (98 ft).  Unlike all other Scottish mountain and hill classifications, the SMC does not maintain an official list of Murdos. All Murdos are either SMC Munros or SMC Munro Tops.
caption: Carn na Criche, the highest Murdo that is not classed as a Munro
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