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Caher West Top

Caher West Top rises to 973 m. Carrauntoohil stands 1,039 m to the east-northeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Caher, a peak 0.2 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 5.9 miles off.

The story

Caher West Top (Irish: Cathair na Féinne, meaning 'stone fort of the Fianna') at 973.4 metres (3,193 ft 7 in), is the fifth-highest peak in Ireland on the Irish Vandeleur-Lynam classification, and part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range. Caher West Top is the only Furth to have a prominence below 30 metres (98 ft).

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Wikidata Q5017397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
973.4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates51.99508, -9.76303

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions: 45
Springs: 41
Artworks: 35
Beaches: 25
  • Coss Strand: 9.7 mi
  • Rossbeigh Beach: 10.3 mi
  • McRose Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Kells Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Bunaneer Strand: 15.6 mi
Parks: 23
  • Cumann na mBan Park: 10.9 mi
  • Stone garden: 11.2 mi
  • Reenagross Park: 11.4 mi
  • Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
  • Killarney House: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 7
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Cliffs: 3
  • Droppa: 16.2 mi
  • Caoinkeen: 18.3 mi
  • Maughanablagher Cliffs: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Caher West Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CarrauntoohilENE1,039 m0.9 mi
BeenkeraghNE1,008 m1.1 mi
CaherESE1,000 m0.2 mi
Cnoc na PéisteE985 m2.9 mi
Maolán BuíE969 m2.6 mi
The BonesNE957 m0.8 mi
Cnoc an ChuillinnE955 m2.1 mi
The Big GunE940 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0718:52
June solstice05:2021:0822:04
September equinox07:2518:5619:40
December solstice08:4615:2716:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372482

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