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1. 1. Name this mountain. 2. Height = 1344m 3. At the top there are the ruins of an observatory which was permanently staffed until 1904 and a piano was.

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1 1. 1. Name this mountain

2 2. Height = 1344m 3. At the top there are the ruins of an observatory which was permanently staffed until 1904 and a piano was left which was carried up here for charity by removal men from Dundee 4.Its Gaelic name is Beinn Nibheis. 5. It is the highest mountain in Great Britain

3 2. 1. Name this mountain

4 2. Height = 1085m 3. Also called Yr Wyddfa 4. The café at the summit was called “the highest slum” by Prince Charles and has now been rebuilt 5. Highest mountain in Wales

5 3. 1.Name this mountain

6 2. Height = 950m 3. the first ever recorded landing of a plane on top of a mountain happened here in 1926, and it took off again! 4. Found in the Lake district between Thirlmere and Patterdale 5. A famous ridge or arete on this mountain is called Striding Edge

7 4. 1. Name this mountain

8 2.height =517m 3. Also known as the shivering mountain due to a debris slide which finally caused the A625 road to collapse in 1979 It was never repaired. 4. It has an iron age hillfort dating back to 1200 BCE 5. It is in the Peak District National Park near Castleton

9 5 1.Name this mountain

10 2. height = 978m 3. This mountain forms the watershed between Eskdale and Wasdale 4. It is the highest mountain in England 5. It is in the lake district in an area which has the highest rainfall in England – over 2000mm per year

11 6 1. Name this mountain range

12 2. height of the namesake of the range of mountains (but not actually the highest) = 1245m 3. This area has alpine moorland vegetation with Ptarmigan and snow Bunting present 4. The range includes 5 of the 6 highest mountains in Scotland 5. This mountain range has several winter sports and ski resorts.

13 7 1. Name this mountain

14 2. height = 723m 3. Its West side has a limestone plateau 4. The summit has the foundations of iron age huts 5. it is the second highest of the Yorkshire 3 peaks, the others being Whernside and Pen y Ghent

15 8 1. Name this range of mountains

16 2 Highest = 849m Slieve Donard 3. These mountains were the inspiration for C.S. Lewis’s Narnia 4. There is a 35km long dry stone wall over the 15 summits built by the Belfast Water Commissioners in the 1800s 5. The range is in County Down N Ireland

17 9 1. Name this mountain

18 2. Height = 457m 3. The granite rock formation here is called a tor 4. Granite was quarried form here and taken to be used to build London Bridge 5. It is found on Dartmoor in Devon

19 10 1. Name this range of mountains

20 2. This mountain range’s highest mountain is Sgurr Alasdair = 992m 3. The rock here is basalt and gabbro which gives a good grip for mountaineers 4. There are over 20 munros (mountains over 300ft)on this island 5. The mountain range is found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland

21 11 1. Name this mountain

22 2. Height = 621m 3. It is said that 6 kingdoms can been seen from the top (number 6 being heaven!!) 4. there is a mountain railway from Laxey to the summit built in 1895 5. The Manx TT races run along the mountain road here on the Isle of Man

23 12 1. Name this range of hills

24 2. The highest hill in this range is 425m 3. These hills cover 3 English counties 4. Priory monks first bottled spring water at the Holy Well here in 1622, and it is still famous for its spa water 5. Composer Edward Elgar lived in the area

25 answers 1.Ben Nevis 2.Snowdon 3.Helvelyn 4.Mam Tor 5.Scafel Pike 6.Cairngorms 7.Ingleborough 8.Mountains of Mourne 9.Hay Tor 10.Cuillins 11.Snaefell 12.Malvern Hills(Worcestershire Beacon)

26 Sources 1.commons.wikimedia.org 2. brittanica.com 3. lake-district.gov.uk 4.www.castleton.ukfossils.co.uk 5. www.cancerresearchchallenge.comwww.cancerresearchchallenge.com 6. www.gla.ac.uk/medicalgeneticswww.gla.ac.uk/medicalgenetics 7. www.totaltravel.co.ukwww.totaltravel.co.uk 8. www.timesonlilne.co.ukwww.timesonlilne.co.uk 9. uploadwikimedia.org 10 isleofskyescotland.com 11 www.iomguide.com/mountainrailway 12 www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/gallery/files


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