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• Anglesey
  |flower=Spotted Rock-rose ...e is a Nanner, "convent", not far away), [[Mynydd Bodafon]] and [[Holyhead Mountain]]. The island is separated from the Welsh mainland by the [[Menai Strait]],
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• Banffshire
  The rugged mountain areas of Banffshire give way further north to more rolling country with fin ...mountains are thick with forests, some present a beautiful intermixture of rock and copse, while others are covered with brown heath. The greatest mountai
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• Glamorgan
  ...he lowlands are geographically the best environment for agriculture of the three areas.<ref name="Newman19">Newman (1995), pg 19.</ref> Settlements in the a ...e]], [[Caerphilly]], [[Pontypridd]], [[Maesteg]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]] and [[Mountain Ash]].
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• Inverness-shire
  ...oad and rail (which have come on somewhat since Johnson's day) must follow mountain passes or else be blasted through. *[[Ben Nevis]] (4,406 feet), the highest mountain in the [[British Isles]]
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• Liathach
  '''Liathach''' is a mountain in [[Ross-shire]]; the most famous of the [[Torridon Hills]] and rightly so Liathach is a long mountain, its craggy slopes stretching from Loch Torridon eastwards all to the north
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• Ross-shire
  The county can be divided into three parts; Easter Ross, Wester Ross and the Isle of [[Lewis]]. Easter Ross and Wester Ross is well known for its spectacular mountain scenery, especially the [[Torridon Hills]] which includes such peaks as [[B
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• County Cork
  ...d areas of the Ballyhoura, Boggeragh, Derrynasaggart and the Mullaghareirk Mountain ranges add to the range of habitats found in the county. Important habitats The three great rivers—the [[River Bandon|Bandon]], the [[River Lee|Lee]] and the [
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• County Donegal
  ...unty Leitrim|Leitrim]]. The greater part of its land border is shared with three counties of Northern Ireland: [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]], [[Tyrone] ...ragh. The most northerly part of the island of Ireland is the location for three peninsulas of outstanding natural beauty: Inishowen, Fanad and Rosguill. Th
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• County Tipperary
  ...the central plain of Ireland, but the diversified terrain contains several mountain ranges: the Knockmealdown, the Galtee, the Arra Hills and the Silvermine Mo [[File:Rock of Cashel, Tipperary.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Rock of Cashel, seat of the Kings of Munster]]
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• County Wexford
  *Black Rock Mountain, which is 1,965&nbsp;ft high. It is located near the Wexford-Carlow border, *Croghan Mountain (or ''Croghan Kinsella'') on the Wexford-Wicklow border - 1,988&nbsp;ft hig
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• Aberdeen
  During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1644-1647, the city was impartially plundered by both sides. In ...st have been quarried in the past, making for spectacular scenery and good rock-climbing.
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• Ballycastle, County Antrim
  * Knocklayde, a massive heather covered mountain (1,695&nbsp;ft) crowned by Carn na Truagh (the cairn of sorrow). Easily cli ...ost northernly of the Nine Glens of Antrim, lies at the foot of Knocklayde mountain. It was named after the Princess Taisie, the daughter of King Dorm of Rathl
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• County flowers
  ...'Tuberaria guttata''||Native||[[File:Tuberaria guttata01.jpg|100px|Spotted rock-rose]] ...ock-rose||''Helianthemum nummularium''||Native||[[File:Solvända.jpg|100px|Rock-rose]]
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• Keswick
  In May, 2007 the town hosted the Keswick Mountain Festival. * A mining and rock museum.
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• Brecon Beacons
  The '''Brecon Beacons''' ({{lang|cy|Bannau Brycheiniog}}) are a mountain range in [[Brecknockshire]]. It forms the central section of the '''Brecon [[File:Llyn y Fan Fawr.jpg|thumb|left|Llyn y Fan Fawr in the Black Mountain, one of the less frequented parts of the National Park]]
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• Black Mountains
  ...in the ''Black Mountains'' called [[Black Mountain, Black Mountains|Black Mountain]]. ....085504|zoom=14}}) is known as the [[Black Mountain, Black Mountains|Black Mountain]], which reaches 2,306 feet and is Herefordshire's [[county top]]; the high
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• Ben Nevis
  ...its name is ''Beinn Nibheis'' meaning either “venomous mountain” or “mountain with its head in the clouds”. Ben Nevis rises at the western end of the ...hest cliffs in the United Kingdom, they harbour some classic scrambles and rock climbs of all difficulties, and are one of the principal locations in the U
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• Rock of Gibraltar
  [[File:Rock_of_Gibraltar_northwest.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Western face of The Rock of Gibraltar]] ...f the Iberian Peninsula, to which it is joined by just a low sand-bar. The Rock stands 1,398 feet high at its highest summit, O'Hara's Battery. It stands
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• Arthur's Seat
  ...ken in this area, and there is no traditional Scottish Gaelic name for the mountain, some have proposed that language as an origin, such as William Maitland's Like the Castle Rock on which Edinburgh Castle is built, Arthur's Seat was formed of an extinct
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• Gibraltar
  ...altarians and other nationalities. The city now spreads out far beyond the Rock into lands reclaimed from the Bay of Gibraltar. ...ning "mountain of Tariq". The name refers to the geological formation, the Rock of Gibraltar, which in turn was named apparently after the Berber Umayyad g
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• Brampton, Cumberland
  ...very early appreciation of the land; a rock known locally as "the written rock of Gelt" bears an inscription once carved by a Roman soldier of the third c ...rn Country Park to the east of the town contains the Talkin Tarn, a pretty mountain lake formed by ancient glaciers, over a mile in around its edge. A boathou
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• Ascension Island
  ...to the introduction of species by the British, Ascension Island's [[Green Mountain]] is now one of the few large-scale planned forests, and is gradually growi ...ark, was opened. Non-indigenous plants teem there, and the crown of Green Mountain is a lush halo of bamboo. Flanking one side is a large stand of tall Norfol
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• Newcastle, County Down
  ...s on the [[Irish Sea]] coast at the base of [[Slieve Donard]], the highest mountain in Ulster where the [[Mourne Mountains]] come down to the sea. Newcastle i ..., but according to a modern newspaper report 'He flew a distance of almost three miles along the foreshore at a low altitude varying between fifty and five
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• Kirkby Stephen
  ...dral of the Dales" and in Westmorland only the church in Kendal is larger. Three churches have stood on this spot. The first was built in Anglo-Saxon times; The surrounding countryside is a joy for walkers but the Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team sometimes has to assist those who are not fully prepared for th
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• Blaenau Ffestiniog
  ...the heaps of slate and waste from the industry. The railways came up the mountain to Blaenau Ffestiniog in the nineteenth century to bear the slates down to ...ack runs from Porthmodog, the line connects to Caernarfon over spectacular mountain scenery.
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• Buckley, Flintshire
  ...ckley outside the town centre include Bistre, Lane End, Padeswood, Buckley Mountain, Drury, Pentrobin, Bannel, [[Alltami]], and [[Ewloe]]. Buckley was a popular location for mining, as there were many faults in local rock formations that allowed seams of coal to be mined directly from the surface
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• Isle of Arran
  ...wild, beautiful scenery, but sparsely populated. For the rich variety of rock forms here it has been described as a "geologist's paradise".<ref name=HSmi ...the main industry being tourism. There is diversity of wildlife, including three species of tree endemic to the area.
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• Rhayader
  ...[Hereford]]; two of the most important trunk roads in mid-Wales. The B4574 mountain road to Aberystwyth is described by the AA as one of the ten most scenic dr ...onship events in lesser celebrated sports, ranging from wheelbarrow racing rock-paper-scissors and wellie wanging.<ref>[http://www.rhayadercarnival.co.uk R
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• Cross Fell
  ...[Little Dun Fell]] at 2,762 feet and [[Great Dun Fell]] at 2,785 feet. The three adjoining fells form an escarpment that rises steeply above the [[River Ede ...surface on the fell. On the south and west facing slopes of Cross Fell the rock faces have been broken up by frost action to give a scree slope made up of
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• Snowdon
  '''Snowdon''' in [[Caernarfonshire]] is the highest mountain of the British Isles outside [[Scotland]], climbing to 3,560 feet above sea ...oad path, but others are more challenging scrambles to the top. The whole mountain is designated as a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna.
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• Wharfedale
  ...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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• Falkland Islands
  ...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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• Isle of Man
  ...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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• Pen y Fan
  ...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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• Munro
  ...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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• Montserrat
  ...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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• Skiddaw
  ...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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• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  *[[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
  '''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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• Merrick
  ...] - 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
  '''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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• Slieve Donard
  ...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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• Skye
  ...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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• St Kilda
  ...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
  '''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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• Cadair Idris
  |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
  '''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
  '''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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• Scafell
  ...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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• High Willhays
  ...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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