Croaghaun
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Croaghaun rises to 688 m. Slieve Carr stands 721 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Croaghaun SW Top, a peak 0.4 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.4 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Croaghaun (Irish: Cruachán) is a mountain on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. At 688 metres (2,257 ft), it has the highest sea cliffs in Ireland, as well as the third-highest sea cliffs in Europe, after Hornelen, Norway, and Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands.
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Wikidata Q841068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 688 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
134 named places within 25 miles
- Croaghaun SW Top: 0.4 mi
- Benmore: 1.3 mi
- Moyteoge Head: 1.5 mi
- Achill Head: 1.8 mi
- Cornaclea Hill: 3.1 mi
- Boycott's House: 1.0 mi
- Lookout Post: 1.5 mi
- Don Allum: 2.8 mi
- Achill Island Signal Tower: 3.7 mi
- Memorial Thomas Patten: 8.6 mi
- Keem Beach: 1.1 mi
- Dooagh Strand: 2.9 mi
- Keel Beach: 5.4 mi
- Doogort Beach: 7.3 mi
- Trá Ghob na hAirde: 9.2 mi
- St. Deirbhile’s Well: 8.7 mi
- Saint Derivla's Well: 9.1 mi
- Tobernagall: 9.1 mi
- Tober Gabriel: 9.9 mi
- Toberdavnet: 12.4 mi
- Deirble's Twist: 8.9 mi
- Idir dha Sháil: 11.8 mi
- Dánlann Yawl Art Gallery: 15.0 mi
- Acknowledgement: 16.4 mi
- Glassbhealach Mór An Iarthair: 16.9 mi
- Heinrich-Böll-Cottage: 6.9 mi
- Bunacurry Franciscan Monastery: 8.9 mi
- Dún na mBó Blowhole: 20.0 mi
- Dún na mBó Sculputure: 20.0 mi
- Achill Folklife Centre: 2.8 mi
- Blacksod Bay Emigration Memorial Garden: 9.6 mi
- Old Head Woods: 22.2 mi
- Wild Willow Garden: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Croaghaun. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Carr | ENE 75° | 721 m | 22.6 mi |
| Corranabinnia | E 93° | 716 m | 21.3 mi |
| Corranabinnia SW Top | E 94° | 687 m | 21.0 mi |
| Slievemore | ENE 72° | 671 m | 5.9 mi |
| Croaghaun SW Top | WSW 246° | 664 m | 0.4 mi |
| Glennamong | E 89° | 628 m | 21.9 mi |
| Nephin Beg | E 82° | 627 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bengorm | E 96° | 582 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:07 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 21:18 | 22:18 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 18:56 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:58 | 15:11 | 16:21 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372610
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