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Munro Mountaineering.|mʌnˈrəʊ|
Name applied to Scottish mountains of at least 3,000 feet after Sir H. T. Munro, who published a list of all such peaks in the Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club for 1891.
1903Jrnl. Scottish Mountaineering Club VII. 366 The view from the top was magnificent, all the big Munros in the neighbourhood showing up clear and resplendent. 1972D. Haston In High Places i. 3 These [sc. ‘the bigger hills of Scotland’] are relatively small, mostly around 3,000 feet, and called ‘Munros’. 1973Sillar & Meyler Skye x. 188 Between then [sc. 1889] and 1891 H. T. Munro—later Sir Hugh Munro—listed Scottish peaks over 3,000 ft... These are known among Scottish mountaineers as ‘Munros’. |