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The MacGillycuddy's Reeks range contains Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil 1,038.6 m (3,407 ft), and the Reeks is the highest range of peaks in Ireland. [ 29 ] [ 9 ] However, many of its peaks do not meet all classification criteria for a "mountain" (e.g. particularly the 100–150 m (330–490 ft) in elevation change from neighbouring ...
The overall ranking of an Irish County High Point against all other peaks in Ireland is based on the Vandeleur-Lynam definition where a peak must have a minimum topographic prominence of 15 metres (49 ft) to be on the list of peaks in Ireland. [3] The four Irish provincial tops, also referred to as province high points, [1] [4] are also listed.
Ireland's geological history includes a wide range of elements, from volcanism and tropical seas to the last glacial period. Ireland was formed in two distinct parts, which slowly joined, uniting about 440 million years ago. As a result of tectonics and the effect of ice, the sea level has risen and fallen.
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.
Cross erected near Banba's Crown, Ireland's northernmost point. This is a list of the extreme points of Ireland – the points that are farthest north, south, east or west in Ireland. It includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Often the term "Malin to Mizen" is used when encompassing the entire island from north to south.
Carrauntoohil is composed of sandstone particles of various sizes which are collectively known as Old Red Sandstone. [4] Old Red Sandstone has a purple-reddish colour (stained green in places), and has virtually no fossils; it dates from the Devonian period (410 to 350 million years ago) when Ireland was in a hot equatorial climate.
All 524 of the England, Wales, and Ireland Hewitts; 117 of the 541 Lake District Birketts (of which 99 are Wainwrights), that meet the Simms criteria; All 224 of the 407 Irish Arderins with a height above 600.0 m; [a] All of the 120 P600 ("major") mountains in the British Isles; 33 of the 34 England, Wales and Ireland Furths. [g]
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM) is the geographic coordinate system for Ireland. It was implemented jointly by the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) in 2001. The name is derived from the Transverse Mercator projection it uses and the fact that it is optimised for the island of Ireland.