Merrick (montagne)

Le Merrick, Mearaig en gallois, est une montagne du Royaume-Uni située en Écosse et constituant le point culminant des Galloway Hills et plus largement des Southern Uplands, avec 843 mètres d'altitude.

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Merrick (Galloway)

The Merrick (from Gaelic meurag, "fingered, knucked") is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The summit elevation is 843 metres (2,766 feet), making it the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and southern Scotland.

Kirriereoch Hill

Kirriereoch Hill is a hill in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies on the border of the old counties of Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, or the modern regions of Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire. A boundary wall near the summit is the highest point in South Ayrshire and Ayrshire as a whole. Kirriereoch Hill was classified as a Corbett and Marilyn but then deleted from these lists in 1984 due to not being thought to achieve the respective prominence criteria. In August 2015 the hill was relisted as a Marilyn after having been surveyed to have a 150.2 m prominence. However, since this is less than the 152.4 m required, the hill will not be re-listed as a Corbett.

Loch Enoch

Loch Enoch is a multi-basin freshwater loch in Galloway, to the east of Merrick and south of Mullwharchar. The loch is situated in a granite basin and has several small islands and some beaches on its shore. The sharp granite sand of these beaches was collected and sold for sharpening knives and scythes. The catchment area's vegetation is mainly Purple Moor Grass and Heather. The loch's outflow supplies Loch Doon and the River Doon, both in Ayrshire.

Range of the Awful Hand

The Range of the Awful Hand is a group of hills in the Galloway Hills, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It includes the Merrick, the highest peak in southern Scotland, reaching 843 m (2,766 ft). The range is named for its resemblance to an enormous right hand, Benmore or Benyellary being the thumb, Merrick the forefinger, Kirriereoch Hill the middle finger, Tarfessock the ring finger, and Shalloch on Minnoch the little finger. The range is the westernmost of three parallel ranges running north and south across the Galloway Forest Park. The other two are the Dungeon Hills and the Rhinns of Kells. The Minnigaff Hills also lie close by, being separated from the southern end of the range by Glen Trool. Administratively, the range is divided between South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, the border running along the crest of Kirriereoch Hill.

Mullwharchar

Mullwharchar is a hill in the Dungeon Hills, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Mullwarchar is situated to the north of Loch Enoch, west of Corserine, northeast of Merrick and east of Kirriereoch Hill. There are three cliffs on the mountain named The Slock, The Tauchers and The Organ Pipes and some routes on these are occasionally climbed. Mullwharchar's summit is fairly flat and dotted with erratics.