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This is a list of Corbett mountains in Scotland by height.
Corbetts This is a list of Corbett mountains in Scotland by height. Corbetts are defined as Scottish mountains between in height with a prominence over ; solely imperial measurement thresholds. The first list was compiled in the 1920s by John Rooke Co ...
are defined as Scottish mountains between in height with a prominence over ; solely
imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texa ...
measurement thresholds. The first list was compiled in the 1920s by
John Rooke Corbett John Rooke Corbett (27 September 1876 – 13 August 1949), better known as J. Rooke Corbett was one of the founder-members of The Rucksack Club and their Convener of Rambles. In the 1920s Corbett compiled a list of Scottish hills between 2500 an ...
, a Bristol-based climber and
Scottish Mountaineering Club Established in 1889, the Scottish Mountaineering Club is the leading club for climbing and mountaineering in Scotland. History The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) was formed in 1889 as Scotland’s national club and the initial membership of ...
("SMC") member, and was published posthumously, after his sister passed it to the SMC, in the 1953 edition of ''Munro's Tables''. Corbetts are the next category down from the Munros and Munro Tops in terms of height (e.g. below the threshold), but their explicit prominence threshold of , ensure they are material peaks. By definition, all Corbetts, given their prominence, are Marilyns. The SMC keeps a list of Corbetts. , there were 222 Corbetts in Scotland. 21 of these 222 Corbetts have a prominence that exceeds the P600 threshold of , which would class them as "Majors". The highest Corbett,
Beinn a' Chlaidheimh Beinn a' Chlaidheimh (Scottish Gaelic: "Hill of the Sword", 914 m) is a remote mountain in the Northwest Highlands, Scotland. It lies in the wild Dundonnell and Fisherfield Forest in Wester Ross. A steep and distinctive shaped peak, it is o ...
, at is just below the threshold for a Munro, a status it held until it was demoted in 2012 based on new surveys; it ranks as the 478th highest mountain in the British Isles, on the Simms classification. The Corbett with the greatest prominence is
Goat Fell Goat Fell (marked as Goatfell by the Ordnance Survey; Scottish Gaelic: Gaoda Bheinn) is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 874 metres (2,867 ft), it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brod ...
at , which ranks it as the 16th most prominent mountain in the British Isles. Climbers who climb all of the Corbetts are called ''Corbetteers'', with the first being John Corbett himself who completed them in 1943. The second completion was by William McKnight Docharty in May 1960. A list of Corbetteers is maintained, which as of July 2018, totalled 678.


Corbett mountains by height

This list was downloaded from the ''
Database of British and Irish Hills 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 ...
'' ("DoBIH") in September 2020, and are peaks the DoBIH marks as being Corbetts ("C"). The SMC updates their list of official Corbetts from time to time, and the DoBIH also updates their measurements as more detailed surveys are recorded, so these tables should not be amended or updated unless the entire DoBIH data is re-downloaded again.


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DoBIH codes

The DoBIH uses the following codes for the various classifications of mountains and hills in the British Isles, which many of the above peaks also fall into:
Prefixes: *s sub; *x deleted Suffixes: = twin


See also

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List of mountains of the British Isles by height This is a list of mountains in Britain and Ireland by height and by prominence. Height and prominence are the most important metrics for the classifications of mountains by the UIAA; with isolation a distant third criterion. The list is sourced ...
* List of mountains of the British Isles by prominence *
Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles 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 ...
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List of mountains in Ireland In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by height ...
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List of Munro mountains in Scotland This is a list of Munro mountains and Munro Tops in Scotland by height. Munros are defined as Scottish mountains over in height, and which are on the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") official list of Munros. In addition, the SMC define M ...
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List of Murdos (mountains) This is a list of Murdo mountains in Scotland by height. Murdos are defined as Scottish mountains over in height, above the general threshold to be called a "mountain" in the British Isles, and with a prominence over ; a mix of imperial an ...
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List of Furth mountains in the British Isles This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro, including being over in elevation, but which are ''furth'' of (i.e. "outside" of) ...
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List of Marilyns in the British Isles This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland by height. Marilyns are defined as peaks with a prominence of or more, regardless of height or any other merit (e.g. topographic isolation, as used in ...
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List of P600 mountains in the British Isles This is a list of P600 mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. A P600 is defined as a mountain with a topographic prominence above , regardless of elevation or any other merits (e.g. topographic isolation); this is a similar approach to that ...


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References


External links


The Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH)
the largest database of British Isles mountains
Hill Bagging UK & Ireland
the searchable interface for the DoBIH
The Relative Hills of Britain
a website dedicated to mountain and hill classification {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Corbett mountains
Corbetts This is a list of Corbett mountains in Scotland by height. Corbetts are defined as Scottish mountains between in height with a prominence over ; solely imperial measurement thresholds. The first list was compiled in the 1920s by John Rooke Co ...