mountains

[kevin.lawlor]

oops, a typing error messed my last question up.
It should have read, everyone knows Everast is the highest but which is the lowest mountain?

[amarillis]

Wouldn't a low mountain just be a hill?

[Quizmonster]

In Britain, the Ordnance Survey - the most authotitative of map people - uses whatever the local name is to describe high lands.  Throughout England, Wales and Ireland, it is agreed that those above 2,000 feet qualify as �mountains'.  Some people maintain, however, that a mountain must have a specific �peak'; on that basis, Kinder Scout - the highest area of Derbyshire's Peak District at 2,087 feet - is just moorland rather than mountain, despite the area's name!  In Scotland, there are various names for different mountain-heights...2,000 - 2,499 feet are Grahams, 2,500 - 2,999 feet are Corbetts and 3000 feet plus are Monros.

As far as Britain is concerned, therefore, you would appear to be looking for the mountain closest to being exactly 2,000 feet high. Try a Google search on that basis.

[Trillipse]

the lowest mountain i ever climbed was

a) an oxymoron,

b) a field, and

c) no great feat.

hope this helps.