A Graham is a class of hill in Scotland. The term Graham is used to describe the Scottish hills between 2000 and 2500 feet (609.6-762 m) with a relative height of 500 feet (152.4 m). There are 224 Grahams. A hill in Hungary with a hillside vintage garden For the landform that extends less than 600 metres above the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain, see the mountain article. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ...
The list of hills fitting these criteria was first published by Alan Dawson in The Relative Hills of Britain (Cicerone Press, 1992, ISBN 1-85284-068-4). They were later named Grahams after the late Fiona Torbet (née Graham) who compiled a similar list around the same time.
Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuide pinnacles of An Teallach A Munro is a Scottish hill with a height over 3000 feet (914. ... A Corbett is a hill in Scotland between 2500 and 3000 feet (762–914. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ... Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is a popular activity for hillwalkers and mountaineers in which they attempt to reach the summit of each peak in a region above some height, or having a particular feature. ...
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TACit Tables: The Grahams and the New Donalds - list of Grahams by region.
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A hill with a prominence of at least 30 m is automatically a Donald, but one with a relative height of 15 m may be one if it is of sufficient topographic interest.
The Grahams are hills in Scotland between 2000 and 2500 feet (609.6 and 762 m), with a prominence of at least 500 feet (152.4 m).
The Wainwrights are hills (locally known as fells) in the English Lake District National Park that have a chapter in one of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
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