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  • ...rue, Goldenrod, Scabious and Bloody Crane's-bill with, to a lesser extent, Mountain Melick, Limestone Fern, Wood Crane's-bill and Melancholy Thistle, Green Spl ...and Wild Angelica. The limestone outcrops have uncommon species including Rock Whitebeam and Solomon's Seal as well as Bird's-eye Primrose, Butterwort, Ro
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  • ...outh America. The Falklands are 582 nautical miles<ref>Distance between a rock off Cape Pembroke and [[Shag Rocks]]</ref> west of the [[Shag Rocks]] of [[ ...Falkland Islands|Stanley]], and most of the population. Both islands have mountain ranges
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  • ...root reflected in the Welsh]] ''mynydd'' and Gaelic ''monadh'' , meaning "mountain". ...nearby small islands: the seasonally inhabited [[Calf of Man]], [[Chicken Rock]] on which stands an unmanned lighthouse, [[St Patrick's Isle]] and [[St Mi
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  • ...a-level, it is also the highest peak in Britain south of the [[Snowdonia]] mountain range. The twin summits of Pen y Fan and Corn Du were formerly referred to ..., the ridge drops steeply to the col connecting it to [[Cribyn]], the next mountain along the ridge. From Corn Du, a gentle ridge descends south towards [[Mert
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  • ...op''' is a summit over 3,000&nbsp;feet which is not regarded as a separate mountain. ...r subsidiary tops. The most well known Munro is [[Ben Nevis]], the highest mountain in the [[British Isles]], with a summit standing at 4,409 feet.
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  • ...in 1493, after the Spanish monastery of Santa María de Montserrat on the mountain of that name in Catalonia. ...vulcanian explosion which sent pyroclastic flows down several sides of the mountain, and on 11 February 2010 a partial collapse of the lava dome that sent a co
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  • ...summit stands at 3,054 feet above sea level, making it the fourth-highest mountain in England. Skiddaw stands just north of the town of [[Keswick]] in [[Cumb The mountain lends its name to the surrounding areas of "Skiddaw Forest", and "Back o' S
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  • *[[Black Rock, South Georgia|Black Rock]] 105 miles west-northwest of South Georgia and 10 miles southeast of the S ...s Islands]] groups, while the southernmost make up [[Southern Thule]]. The three largest islands – [[Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands|Saunders]], [
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  • '''Ben More Assynt''' is a mountain in [[Sutherland]] which rises to a height of 3,274&nbsp;feet and is the [[C ...en More" The name Ben More is Gaelic, ''Beinn Mhòr'' meaning simply "big mountain".
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  • ...] - the [[County top|highest point]] in that county and indeed the highest mountain in the [[Southern Uplands]]. It is part of the [[Range of the Awful Hand]] ...bout 2,400 feet on the broad west ridge.<ref>Hostile Habitats - Scotland's Mountain Environment, p.68, pub. July 2006, ISBN 0907521932</ref> These are glacial
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  • '''Cruach Mhór''' is mountain in [[County Kerry]], within [[Ireland]]'s highest range, [[MacGillycuddy's On the mountain summit is a large grotto with a brass statue of the Virgin and Child, built
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  • ...in in [[County Down]], within the [[Mourne Mountains]]. It is the highest mountain in the Mournes and the highest point in [[Northern Ireland]] (and in all of ...ewcastle, County Down|Newcastle]] on the eastern coast of County Down, the mountain standing just two miles from the [[Irish Sea]].
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  • ...ghest: the island's highest point, [[Sgurr Alasdair]] is the fifth highest mountain in the [[British Isles]] and 12 mountains exceed 3,000 feet. ...n by basalt, which provides relatively rich soils and a variety of unusual rock features.
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  • ...d is [[Hirta]], whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom and three other islands ([[Dùn, St Kilda|Dùn]], [[Soay, St Kilda|Soay]] and [[Borer ...he is to stand on his left foot, having the one half of his sole over the rock, and then he draws the right foot further out to the left, and in this post
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  • '''Craig y Llyn''' is a mountain in [[Glamorgan]]. It rises up on the west side of the upper [[River Cynon|C ...ern side of the mountain, and Craig y Llyn is commonly known as the Rhigos Mountain after the village.
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  • |picture caption=Llyn Cau within the steep rock walls<br />of Craig Cau: the summit to the right ...re]]. It lies at the southern end of the [[Snowdonia]] National Park. The mountain is one of the most popular of the challenging mountains in Wales for walker
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  • '''Ben Lomond''' is a mountain in [[Stirlingshire]], within the [[Highlands]]. It rises on the eastern sho It is a solitary and distinctive mountain. Looking south from the Arrochar Alps, Ben Lomond appears to have a conical
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  • '''Scafell Pike''' is the highest mountain in [[Cumberland]] and the highest in all England, rising to 3,209 feet. It ...2006): ISBN 1-8513-7467-1</ref> Esk Buttress and Pikes Crag are well known rock climbing venues.
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  • ...ain in [[Cumberland]]. Its height of 3,162&nbsp;feet makes it the highest mountain in the county and in all [[England]] after neighbouring [[Scafell Pike]], f ...t in views from many directions than its higher neighbour &mdash; with the three apparently inferior peaks to the north (those now known as [[Scafell Pike]]
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  • ...most of the moor's tors, consisting of no more than a few low outcrops of rock along a north-south ridge. The largest outcrop is crowned with a cairn. The ...ut]] in the [[Peak District]] to rise above 2,000 feet, apart from [[Black Mountain]] which marks the border of Herefordshire and [[Brecknockshire]]. Before th
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