Snowdonia ridge downgraded from a mountain to a hill Published duration 9 August 2015

image copyright John Lynch/Geograph image caption A ridge to the north of Moelwyn Mawr has been reclassified as a hill

A Snowdonia peak has been downgraded to the status of a hill.

Surveyors ruled a ridge to the north of Moelwyn Mawr was no longer a mountain.

A mountain has to have a 49ft (15m) height difference between the summit and the land that connects it to the next highest hill.

Using GPS technology and based on the criteria set out in the definitive guide The Mountains of England and Wales, surveyors found this height difference was 23cm (9in) too short.

The ridge was included in a listing of 2,000ft mountains of Wales by John and Anne Nuttall, but has now been removed.

When it was included in the Nuttall's list, they coined the name 'Moelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top' for it.

Guidelines state a peak needs to be 2,000ft (610m) high and have the 49ft (15m) height difference in order to be classified as a mountain.