Croaghanmoira

Croaghanmoira
Cruachán Mhaigh Rath
View from the north
Highest point
Elevation664 m (2,178 ft)[1]
Prominence209 m (686 ft)[1]
Listing100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates52°55′06″N 6°22′00″W / 52.918437°N 6.366549°W / 52.918437; -6.366549
Naming
English translationlittle stack of Moira
Language of nameIrish
Geography
Croaghanmoira is located in island of Ireland
Croaghanmoira
Croaghanmoira
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Parent rangeWicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridT0992286504
Topo mapOSi Discovery 62
Geology
Mountain typeQuartzite 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]

  1. ^ a b c "Croaghanmoira". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  3. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
  4. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
  5. ^ Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  6. ^ Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102. Walk 12: Croaghanmoira