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gilbey | 16:08 Tue 06th Sep 2005 | People & Places
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when does a hill become a mountain
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I think it's three thousand feet but I'm not sure. Watch the film The Man Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain that'll have it in, it's quite a good film too!

Thanks for reminding me of the name of the film, it was brilliant
In Britain, the Ordnance Survey 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 Munros. The last of these is now applied to English, Welsh and Irish mountains, too.

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