"Jim Webster"
wrote
They call the relative pimples in Arrochar in Scotland, the "Arrochar
Alps" :-)

there are alps just outside Ulverston which barely warrant being called
hills!
I suspect it derives from the meaning "hill pasture" or 'mountain pasture'
Jim Webster

Ha - here in Holland our tallest mountain is 110metres above sea level. They
supply oxygen masks for climbers "~)
Jenny (living 6 metres BELOW sea level!)