Maolán Buí
| Maolán Buí | |
|---|---|
| Bearna Rua | |
| Coordinates | 51°59′41″N 9°42′04″W / 51.9946°N 9.7011°W |
| Geography | |
  Maolán Buí Ireland | |
| Location | OSI Discovery 78 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Well-bedded grey sandstone Bedrock |
Maolán Buí (Irish for "yellow/golden round knoll"), also known by the name Bearna Rua,[2] at 973 metres (3,192 ft) high, is the fifth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the sixth-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Maolán Buí is also known for its narrow north-west spur, called The Bone. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.
Geography
Maolán Buí is in the eastern part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, Ireland's highest mountain range. The peak lies on a ridge between Cnoc na Péiste 988 metres (3,241 ft) (to the northeast) and Cnoc an Chuillinn 958 metres (3,143 ft) (to the southwest), which are themselves part of the larger eastern ridge of the Reeks, which includes The Big Gun 939 metres (3,081 ft) and finishes at its far eastern end with Cruach Mhór 932 metres (3,058 ft).[3]
A narrow north-west spur of Maolán Buí called The Bone, not to be confused with the nearby peak that sits on the
Maolán Buí is the
Maolán Buí's prominence qualifies it to meet the
See also
- Lists of mountains in Ireland
- List of mountains of the British Isles by height
- List of Furth mountains in the British Isles
References
- ^ a b Maolán Buí at mountainviews.ie. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
- ^ Tempan, Paul (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
- ^ ISBN 978-1905172337.
- ISBN 0-7063-7566-1.
- ^ Database of British and Irish Hills.
- ^ Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Hill Lists: Furths". Scottish Mountaineering Club.
The list of peaks of 3000ft or more within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland outside (furth) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths.
- ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
External links
- MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website
- MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
- The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
- Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH
- Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map Viewer
- Logainm: Placenames Database of Ireland
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