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Difference between hill and mountain?

  • 19-11-2012 06:17PM
    #1
    MiloDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭


    I was reading a piece about the 'Wicklow Hills' and it just sounded wrong. I know that they are not that high but 'hill' for me has always meant something that you could climb quickly and easily.
    Are there any rules to define when a hill becomes a mountain or is it more subjective?


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  • #2
    locum-motion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,144 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    Ask Hugh Grant.


  • #3
    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    It's very unclear and objective. A lot of people think because of the Hugh Grant film that in the UK a hill becomes a mountain at 1000 feet according to the UK Ordnance Survey but it's just an urban legend. There's no official categorisation in Ireland anyway.

    I think there may be in France but I'm not sure.


  • #4
    Geo10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭Geo10


    I've always heard that generally mountains are over 600m and hills are under 600m. Also hills don't have distinct summits as mountains do, and the gradient of mountains tends to be a lot steeper.


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