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Rank District Height (m) Relative height Name Grid reference; 1 Newry, Mourne and Down: 850 822 Slieve Donard: 2 Derry and Strabane: 678 657 Sawel Mountain
The main roads in Northern Ireland are signed "M"/"A"/"B" as in Great Britain. Whereas the roads in Great Britain are numbered according to a zonal system , there is no available explanation for the allocation of road numbers in Northern Ireland, [ 1 ] though their numbering is separate from the system in England , Scotland and Wales .
List of Irish counties by highest point; List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point; List of ceremonial counties of England by highest point; List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom; List of Scottish council areas by highest point; List of Scottish counties by highest point; List of Welsh principal areas by highest ...
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from trackways suitable only for walkers and horses, to surfaced roads including modern motorways .
The Antrim coast road near Glenarm Breakers on Antrim Coast near Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, with cliffs of Fair Head.Scotland appears in the distance on clear days. The Antrim Coast and Glens is an area of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1988.
York Road station, Belfast via Corporation Street; now part of the A2 one-way system. It is unknown why the A68 number was chosen; an A5xx number (which were allocated to Belfast until the A505), the A56 (was and still is the lowest available number) or an A1x number (later allocated to central Belfast roads) would have been more logical.
The Glenshane Pass, part of the A6 Belfast to Derry road, is in the mountains and has notoriously bad weather in winter. Sawel Mountain is the highest peak in the Sperrins, and the seventh highest in Northern Ireland. Its summit rises to 678 m (2,224 ft). Another of the Sperrins, Carntogher (464 m), towers over the Glenshane Pass. [4]
A21 road (Northern Ireland) A24 road (Northern Ireland) A26 road (Northern Ireland) A29 road (Northern Ireland) A3 road (Northern Ireland) A36 road (Northern Ireland) A4 road (Northern Ireland) A46 road (Northern Ireland) A5 road (Northern Ireland) A509 road (Northern Ireland) A6 road (Northern Ireland) A7 road (Northern Ireland) A8 road ...