Purple Mountain (Kerry)

Purple Mountain
(and Purple Mountain Group)
Purple Mountain from the south with the Killarney Upper Lake in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation832 m (2,730 ft)[1][2]
Prominence597 m (1,959 ft)[1]
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates52°00′28″N 9°37′21″W / 52.007906°N 9.62251°W / 52.007906; -9.62251[1]
Naming
Native nameAn Sliabh Corcra
Geography
Purple Mountain (and Purple Mountain Group) is located in Ireland
Purple Mountain (and Purple Mountain Group)
Purple Mountain
(and Purple Mountain Group)
County Kerry, Ireland
Parent rangePurple Mountain Group
OSI/OSNI gridV886851
Topo mapOSI Discovery 78
Geology
Age of rockDevonian
Mountain typeWell-bedded grey sandstone, (Lough Acoose Sandstone Formation)[1]
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom the Head of the Gap

Purple Mountain (Irish: an Sliabh Corcra)[3] at 832 metres (2,730 ft) high, is the 21st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 28th–highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. It is located in County Kerry, and is the highest point of the Purple Mountain Group.

  1. ^ a b c d MountainViews: Purple Mountain
  2. ^ Peakbagger
  3. ^ Tempan, Paul (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.