| Great Sugar Loaf | |
|---|---|
| Ó Cualann | |
.jpg) Great Sugar Loaf, from the south | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 501 m (1,644 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 216 m (709 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Marilyn, Arderin |
| Coordinates | 53°9′18″N 6°9′0″W / 53.15500°N 6.15000°W |
| Naming | |
| English translation | lump of Cualu |
| Language of name | Irish |
| Geography | |
  Great Sugar Loaf Location in Ireland | |
| Location | Wicklow, Ireland |
| Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
| OSI/OSNI grid | O2377613088 |
| Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Quartzite bedrock[1] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Red Lane car-park |
Great Sugar Loaf (Irish: Ó Cualann, meaning 'lump of Cualu')[2] at 501 metres (1,644 ft), is the 404th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] however, being below 600 m it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales.[4][5] The mountain is in the far northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains, in Ireland, and overlooks the village of Kilmacanogue. The profile of the mountain means it can be mistaken for a dormant volcano. It owes its distinctive shape, however, to the erosion-resistant metamorphosed deep-sea sedimentary deposit from which its quartzite composition was derived.[6]
- ^ a b c "Great Sugar Loaf". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
- ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
- ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
- ^ Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
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