Croaghanmoira | |
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Cruachán Mhaigh Rath | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 664 m (2,178 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 209 m (686 ft)[1] |
Listing | 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 52°55′06″N 6°22′00″W / 52.918437°N 6.366549°W |
Naming | |
English translation | little stack of Moira |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | T0992286504 |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 62 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Quartzite bedrock [1] |
Croaghanmoira (Irish: Cruachán Mhaigh Rath, meaning 'little stack of Moira')[2] at 664 metres (2,178 ft), is the 136th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 165th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4][5] Croaghanmoira is situated in the far south-east corner of the Wicklow Mountains range, and sits on its own small massif with several other lesser but well known peaks, separated from the nearby larger massif of Lugnaquilla by the Laragh to Aghavannagh road; the summit of Croaghanmoira has a distinctive "pyramidal" profile.[6]
Walk 12: Croaghanmoira