Maiden Pap, Caithness Explained

Maiden Pap
Elevation M:484
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:169
Listing:Marilyn, Breast-shaped hills
Location:Caithness, Scotland
Range:Northwest Highlands
Grid Ref Uk:ND048293
First Ascent:Unknown

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]

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58.2428°N -3.6225°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maiden Pap. hillbagging.co.uk. 8 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Inselberg . Lanforms.eu . 11 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Tips for the top . https://archive.today/20130201095838/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/46227281.html?dids=46227281:46227281&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+08,+1999&author=Rennie+McOwan&pub=The+Herald&desc=Tips+for+the+top&pqatl=google . dead . 1 February 2013 . 2011-06-30 . McOwan . Rennie . Nov 8, 1999 . The Herald (Glasgow) (UK).
  4. Book: Long . George . The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 11 and 12 . Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Know . 1838 . . 2011-06-30 . 978-1-146-89575-0.

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