Mountains and hills of Scotland

See also: List of highest mountains in Scotland and Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles

Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belonging to the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands eponymously contains the country's main mountain ranges, but hills and mountains are to be found south of these as well. The below lists are not exhaustive; there are countless subranges throughout the country.

Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), the highest mountain in Scotland and the United Kingdom[1] at 4,413 feet (1,345 m), is in the Highland region at the western end of the Grampian Mountains. A Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet (910 m) is referred to as a Munro, of which there are 282.

As of 2019, hundreds of thousands of people visit mountains in Scotland every winter[2] and about 130,000 climb to the summit of Ben Nevis every year.[1]

Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach
The Five Sisters of Kintail
The steep south face of Ben Nevis from Sgurr a' Mhàim
The eastern Mamores and Grey Corries from the Aonach Eagach
The main ridge of the Black Cuillin in Skye
The Paps of Jura from near Keills Chapel
  1. ^ a b "Ben Nevis". John Muir Trust. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ^ Carrell, Severin (12 March 2019). "Ben Nevis avalanche kills three people". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.