Maiden Pap
Maiden Pap
Highest point
Elevation484 m (1,588 ft)[1]
Prominence169 m (554 ft)
ListingMarilyn, Breast-shaped hills
Geography
LocationCaithness, Scotland
Parent rangeNorthwest Highlands
OS gridND048293
Climbing
First ascentUnknown
Easiest routeFrom Braemore

The Maiden Pap is a hill located in Caithness, Scotland. It is an inselberg, formed of Devonian conglomerates, rising steeply out of the surrounding plain and visible from as far away as Hoy and the Moray Firth.[2] The Pap is so named because its shape resembles that of a human breast.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "Maiden Pap". hillbagging.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. "Inselberg". Lanforms.eu. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. McOwan, Rennie (8 November 1999). "Tips for the top". The Herald (Glasgow) (UK). Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. Long, George (1838). The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 11 and 12. Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1-146-89575-0. Retrieved 30 June 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

58°14′34″N 3°37′21″W / 58.24278°N 3.62250°W / 58.24278; -3.62250


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