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Slieve Donard (/ ˌ s l iː v ˈ d ɒ n ər d / SLEEV DON-ərd; from Irish Sliabh Dónairt, meaning 'Dónairt's mountain') [4] is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, the highest in Ulster and the seventh-highest in Ireland, [1] [5] with a height of 850 metres (2,790 ft).
This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features.
Relief map of Northern Ireland Slieve Donard. ... Height (m) Relative height Name Grid reference; 1 Down: 850 822 Slieve Donard: 2–3 Londonderry and Tyrone: 678 657 ...
This is a list of P600 mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. A P600 is defined as a mountain with a topographic prominence above 600 m (1,969 ft), regardless of elevation or any other merits (e.g. topographic isolation ); this is a similar approach to that of the Marilyn, Simms, HuMP and TuMP British Isle mountain and hill classifications .
Where mountains are ranked by height, the definition of the topographical prominence used to classify the mountain (e.g. the change in elevation required between neighbouring mountains), is noted. [ a ] In British definitions, a height of 600 metres (1,969 ft) is required for a mountain, whereas in Ireland, a lower threshold of 500 metres ...
Following a fundraising drive in 1993, the National Trust purchased nearly 5.3 km 2 (1,300 acres) of land in the Mournes, which included a part of Slieve Donard (at 850 m (2,790 ft)) and nearby Slieve Commedagh (at 767 m (2,516 ft)), the second-highest mountain in the area. [47]
Slieve Commedagh (from Irish Sliabh Coimhéadach, meaning 'the guarding/watching mountain') [3] [4] is a mountain with a height of 767 m (2,516 ft) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the second-highest of the Mourne Mountains , after Slieve Donard , [ 1 ] and the second-highest mountain in Northern Ireland.
The Mourne Wall at the summit of Slieve Donard, where a trig point stands upon the summit tower The wall was crafted from natural granite stone using traditional dry stone walling techniques. On average the wall is about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high and 0.8 to 0.9 m (2 ft 7 in to 2 ft 11 in) thick and is estimated to be 19.5 mi (31.4 km) long. [ 3 ]