Carrauntoohill
Also known as Carrantuohil, Carrauntouhil, Carrantuohill, Carrantoohil, Gheraun-Tuel
Carrauntoohil, Carrauntoohill or Carrantuohill ( ; , meaning "Tuathal's sickle") is the highest mountain in Ireland at . It is on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, close to the centre of Ireland's highest mountain range, MacGillycuddy's Reeks. Carrauntoohil is composed mainly of sandstone, whose glaciation produced distinctive features on the mountain such as the Eagle's Nest corrie and some deep gullies and sharp arêtes in its east and northeastern faces that are popular with rock and winter climbers.
Key facts
- Mountain.type
- Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Devil's Ladder (via Hag's Glen)
- Mountain.period
- Devonian
- Mountain.name
- Carrauntouhil
- Mountain.other_name
- Carrauntoohill
- Mountain.photo
- Carrauntoohil 2016.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Carrauntoohil's east face (l), and north-east face (r, in shadow), as seen from the Hag's Glen
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.map_relief
- yes
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Mountain.map_size
- 300
- Mountain.label_position
Article · Svenska
Carrantuohill (iriska: Corrán Tuathail), även Carrauntoohil, är med sina 1 041 meter över havet Irlands högsta punkt. Det finns två andra toppar över 1 000 meter, Beenkeragh 1 010 meter och Cahder 1 001 meter. Carrantuohill är Irlands högsta topp och är välbesökt av turister och klättrare men eftersom vädret på bergen förändras snabbt har det varit ett antal dödsolyckor.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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