Croaghaun
Sign in to saveCroaghaun () is a mountain on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. At , it has the highest sea cliffs in Ireland, as well as the third-highest sea cliffs in Europe, after Hornelen, Norway, and Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands.
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- Mountain.name
- Croaghaun
- Mountain.photo
- Croaghaun cliff.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 688
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 688
- Mountain.listing
- P600, Marilyn, Hewitt
- Mountain.translation
- little stack
- Mountain.language
- Irish
- Mountain.parent_peak
- None
- Mountain.location
- County Mayo, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Achill Island
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.map_relief
- yes
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- F553060
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Croaghaun () is a mountain on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. At , it has the highest sea cliffs in Ireland, as well as the third-highest sea cliffs in Europe, after Hornelen, Norway, and Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands.
==Geography== thumb|left|Comparison of cliffs in Europe Croaghaun is the most westerly peak of Achill Island and its highest mountain. The cliffs lie on the northern slope of the mountain and can be seen only by hiking around or to the summit of the mountain or from the sea. They are part of a sequence of sheer rock faces which start south of Keem Bay and loop around the uninhabited north-west of the island, by Achill Head and Saddle Head, and east to Slievemore, occasionally dropping vertically into the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.