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{{Infobox Mountain
| Name = Tinto
| Photo = Stubble below Tinto.jpg
| Caption = Tinto from the south
| Elevation = 711 [[metre|m]] (2,333 [[foot (unit of length)|ft]])
| Location = [[South Lanarkshire]], {{SCO}}
| Range = [[Southern Uplands]]
| Prominence = ''c.'' 446 m
| Coordinates =
| Topographic map = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 72
| Grid_ref_UK = NS953344
| Listing = [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]], [[Graham (hill)|Graham]], [[Donald (hill)|Donald]]
| Translation = ?Fire hill
| Language =[[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]]/[[Brythonic]]
| Pronunciation = tin'toh
}}
:''For the drink, see [[Tinto de verano]]''.
'''Tinto''' is a hill in [[South Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]]. Tinto is an outlying part of the [[Southern Uplands]], comprising little more than this one hill, which stands on the west bank of the [[River Clyde]], some eight kilometres west of [[Biggar, Scotland|Biggar]]. The peak is also called "Tinto Tap", with the name Tinto possibly deriving from the [[Scottish Gaelic]] word ''teinnteach'', meaning "fiery".
An old [[Scots language|Scots]] children's rhyme tells of the "kist in the mist" at "Tinto tap", ''kist'' being the Scots word for ''[[Chest (furniture)|chest]]''.
It is accessible for walking (moderate to difficult) and is one of the premier locations for [[hanggliding]] and [[paragliding]]. Tinto is located near the small village of [[Thankerton]].
[[Category:Marilyns of Scotland]]
[[Category:Donalds]]
[[Category:Grahams]]
[[Category:Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands]]
[[Category:South Lanarkshire]]
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