What is Marilyn (hill)?
[[Image:Map of Marilyns.png|thumb|250px|right|Map of Marilyns in the British Isles]] A '''Marilyn''' is a [[mountain]] or [[hill]] in the [[British Isles]] (including [[Ireland]]) with a [[topographic prominence|relative height]] of at least 150 metres (492 ft). The name was coined as an [[irony|ironic]] contrast to the designation [[Munro]], that is used of a Scottish mountain with a height of more than 3,000&nbsp;[[foot (unit of length)|feet]], which is [[homophone|homophonous]] with (Marilyn) [[Marilyn Monroe|Monroe]]. There are currently 1556 Marilyns identified in [[Great Britain]] and surrounding islands: 1218 in [[Scotland]], 174 in [[England]], 159 in [[Wales]] and 5 on the Isle of Man. Many of the largest hills are Marilyns, including [[Ben Nevis]], [[Scafell Pike]] and [[Snowdon]]. On the other hand, many large hills, including some Munros, and other well-known hills are not Marilyns because they do not meet the relative height criterion, like Scafell, Bow Fell in the Lake District and four thousand footers Cairngorm and Aonach Mor in Scotland. ==Other websites== * [http://www.rhb.org.uk/ Marilyn News Centre] * [http://chris-upson.com/lakes24.htm Lakes24] 24 Marilyns in 24 hours in the English [[Lake District]] {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Hills of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Mountains of the United Kingdom|+]] [[Category:Geography of Ireland]]