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The Wicklow Mountains are the largest area of continuous high ground in Ireland, having an unbroken area of over 500 km 2 (190 sq mi) above 300 metres (980 ft). [7] They occupy the centre of County Wicklow and extend into Counties Dublin, Carlow and Wexford. [8] The general direction of the mountain ranges is from north-east to south-west. [9]
Wicklow Mountains National Park (Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Sléibhte Chill Mhantáin) is a 205-square-kilometre (51,000-acre) protected area in Ireland, one of eight national parks in the country. [1] The park stretches through County Wicklow as well as small areas of South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in County Dublin.
Sugarloaf is a 552 metres (1,811 ft) peak in west County Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a prominence of only 14 metres (46 ft), it is not listed in any of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland , and is a subsidiary summit of Lobawn 636 metres (2,087 ft), to the north.
This article defines a major mountain peak as a summit with a topographic elevation of at least 300 m (980 ft). Topographic elevation is defined as the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .
The mountain sits apart from the main nearby peaks of the Wicklow Mountains, such as Maulin 570 metres (1,870 ft) and Djouce 725 metres (2,379 ft), and it is circled by roads on all sides. [ 7 ] The two small northern and southern shoulders of the Great Sugar Loaf are often confused as being the Little Sugar Loaf , however, this mountain lies ...
[4] [5] Benlagh is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925 metres (3,035 ft), County Wicklow's highest mountain. [ 6 ]
Lugnaquilla [4] (Irish: Log na Coille, meaning 'hollow of the wood') [5] is the highest of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, rising to 925 metres (3,035 ft). It is also the highest Irish mountain outside of County Kerry, [6] and the highest point in County Wicklow and the province of Leinster.
Pages in category "Mountains and hills of County Wicklow" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *