Listing Furth Elevation 932 m Mountain range Macgillycuddy's Reeks | OSI/OSNI grid V840848 Prominence 34 m Parent range Macgillycuddy's Reeks | |
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Location County Kerry, Republic of Ireland Similar Cnoc na Péiste, Maolán Buí, The Big Gun, Caher West Top, The Bones | ||
Cruach Mhór ("Big Stack") is the eleventh-highest mountain peak in Ireland, at 932 metres (3,058 ft) high.
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Map of Cruach Mh%C3%B3r, Derrycarna, Co. Kerry, Ireland
GeographyEdit
The mountain is at the eastern end of MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, at grid reference V840848. Further along the ridge to the southwest are The Big Gun (939 m), Cnoc na Péiste (988 m) and Maolán Buí. Just over 3 km to the east-northeast, across a sharp notch, is the lesser peak of Cnoc an Bhráca.
Informally recognised as one of the 13 Irish Munros, it is counted by the Scottish Mountaineering Club as a Furth; a 3,000 ft high peak outside Scotland.
References
Cruach Mhór Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA