The (legal) difference between a hill and a mountain

The Map Reading Company
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Published 2023-01-19
There "is" a legal and definitive difference between a hill and a mountain. I made this video as it's a very common question asked by participants on my courses, to which I always give the same answer.
All Comments (11)
  • @jeffatkins4368
    It’s the difference between “Falling down a hill” and “Falling off a mountain”.
  • @alexchichigin
    In Russian a hill corresponds to the word «холм», and a mountain to the word «гора». But! In Siberia (at least the Eastern part) there's a word «сопка» (sopkha) which means something in between. A sort of a large hill covered in trees (we call the forest «Taiga» as everybody knows 😁). But not tall and pointy enough to be considered a mountain by local standards, I guess... 😏
  • @jordanreid5857
    Question, is a hill under 600 m above see level but over 450 m above see level?
  • @johnprice4893
    i never realised it was only 600m (I thought it was set @ 1km/1000m) thx
  • @jimbeam8042
    If you're in Scotland, then all the Scottish mountains are called hills.