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Also known as Lugnaquillia, Lug, Lugnaquillia Mountain

Lugnaquilla () is the highest of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, rising to . It is also the highest Irish mountain outside of County Kerry, and the highest point in County Wicklow and the province of Leinster. Lugnaquilla overlooks the Glen of Imaal to the west and Glenmalure to the east.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Lugnaquilla
Mountain.translation
hollow of the wood
Mountain.language
Irish
Mountain.photo
Lugnaquilla from Glenmalure.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Looking into the Fraughan Rock Glen (river) and the summit of Lugnaquilla (back, centre)
Mountain.elevation_m
925
Mountain.prominence_m
905
Mountain.location
County Wicklow, Ireland
Mountain.range
Wicklow Mountains
Mountain.map
island of Ireland
Mountain.map_relief
yes
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Ireland
Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
T032917
Mountain.topo
OSI Discovery 56
Mountain.listing
County top (Wicklow), P600, Marilyn, Furth, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Mountain.type
Aphyric granodiorite, (Percys Table Granodiorite)
Mountain.easiest_route
Glen of Imaal Route

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Naming
  • Geology
  • Geography
  • Hill walking
  • Gallery
  • Bibliography
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Lugnaquilla () is the highest of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, rising to . It is also the highest Irish mountain outside of County Kerry, and the highest point in County Wicklow and the province of Leinster. Lugnaquilla overlooks the Glen of Imaal to the west and Glenmalure to the east.

Lugnaquilla is also the 11th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list and 13th-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lugnaquilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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On the map

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