who was it named after
2007-10-21 04:09:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
A Munro is a Scottish mountain above 3,000 ft or 914.4m. They take their collective name from Sir Hugh Munro who first published his tables in 1891, identifying around 280 peaks when the conventional wisdom had always been that there were probably only 30 mountains in Scotland above 3000ft.
The Ordnance Survey, which now uses metres exclusively on its maps, has re-adjusted a number of peaks that fall on or about the 914m mark and the total of Munros now is generally set at 284.
2007-10-21 04:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Munro is a Scottish mountain with a height over 3,000 feet (914.4 metres). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro (1856–1919), who produced the first attempt at an exhaustive catalogue of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891.
2007-10-21 04:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by claudiacake 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet is known as a Munro. They are named after Sir Hugh Munro who produced a catalogue of them in 1891. The catalogue is titled, "Munro's Tables".
2007-10-21 04:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by Rick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-10-21 04:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by DGW 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋