Listing Furth Prominence 40 m Parent range Macgillycuddy's Reeks | Elevation 973 m Mountain range Macgillycuddy's Reeks | |
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Location County Kerry, Republic of Ireland Similar Cruach Mhór, Caher West Top, Cnoc na Péiste, The Bones, The Big Gun | ||
Maolán Buí (Irish for "yellow/golden knoll") is the sixth-highest mountain peak in Ireland, at 973 metres (3,192 ft).
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Geography
The mountain is in the eastern part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry; between Cnoc na Péiste (to the northeast) and Cnoc an Chuillinn (to the southwest). Other nearby peaks are The Big Gun (939 m) and Brassel Mountain (575 m). Maolán Buí is counted by the Scottish Mountaineering Club as a Furth (a 3,000-footer outside Scotland).
References
Maolán Buí Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA