Hill or Mountain

[curiosity]

What is the difference between a mountain and a hill? Is there a height where a hill becomes a mountain ?

[gem_mother]

I found this definition for hill - "A natural land elevation, usually less than 1000 feet above its surroundings, with a rounded outline. The distinction between hill and mountain depends on the locality."

When I did O level geography many years ago I think we were told 1200 feet was the dividing line in the UK.

[Quizmonster]

In England, Wales and Ireeland, according to the Ordnance Survey - the mapping experts - a mountain is any height above 2,000 feet.

[JohnPPotts]

I always thought - possibly because I was educated in metric rather than imperial units - that a mountain was anything over 1000m - of course this is probably an unpopular definition in England as it means we have no mountains (and only a couple of Welsh mountains). Scotland does rather better.

[curragh]

300 meters above sea level it becomes a mountain