The Bones
| The Bones | |
|---|---|
| Na Cnámha | |
| Coordinates | 52°00′06″N 9°44′50″W / 52.0017°N 9.7471°W |
| Geography | |
  The Bones Ireland | |
| Location | OSI Discovery 78 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Purple sandstone & siltstone Bedrock |
The Bones (
The Bone, the north-east spur of Maolán Buí
, which descends into the Hag's Glen.
Geography
Caher Ridge
in the entire backgroundThe Bones is the highest point on a narrow rocky
Beenkeragh Ridge, situated between Carrauntoohil 1,038 metres (3,406 ft) (Ireland's highest peak), and Beenkeragh 1,008 metres (3,307 ft) (Ireland's second-highest peak), in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. The Beenkeragh Ridge is considered as "intimidating hill-walking conditions", along with the nearby The Big Gun ridge, and is often climbed as part of the Coomloughra Horseshoe.[3]
The Bones is often confused with MountainViews Online Database reported that to avoid confusion in rescue situations, the Kerry Mountain Rescue ("KMR"), and the Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") advocated for the official name of The Bones to become Na Cnámha on OSI maps.[5]
The Bones is the
MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains
, as the prominence threshold is over 100 m (328 ft).
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to MacGillycuddy's Reeks.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beenkeragh.
- 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 The Bones at mountainviews.ie. Accessed on 3 Feb 2013.
- ^ Tempan, Paul (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
- ^ "THE COOMLOUGHRA HORSESHOE: THE BEENKERAGH RIDGE AND THE BONES PEAK". Aidan McGlynn. 15 December 2016.
The next stage would be to cross the notorious Beenkeragh Ridge, which spans the gap between Ireland's second highest peak – Beenkeragh, and its highest – Carrauntoohil. On the way, mid-ridge, is another high summit, The Bones Peak.
- Irish Times.
An expansive crest now leads about 500m to the undistinguished mountaintop of Maolán Buí, and the beginning of your descent. A broad ridge, known locally as the Bone, now declines steeply if uneventfully right to reach the shoreline of Lough Callee.
- MountainViews Online Database.
A rocky arete between Carrauntoohil and Beenkeeragh. Previously Carrauntoohil Tooth in MV and then The Bones. Changed to have main name Na Cnámha in consultation with Kerry Mountain Rescue (Gerry Christie) and OSi to avoid confusion with The Bone a spur NE of Cnoc na Toinne Na Cnámha is the 8th highest place in Ireland.
- ^ Database of British and Irish Hills.
- ^ Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
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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