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Hag's Tooth

Hag's Tooth rises to 662 m. Carrauntoohil stands 1,039 m to the southwest, 0.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Knockbrinnea East Top, a peak 0.4 miles away. Ring of Kerry passes 5.6 miles off.

The story

The Hag's Tooth (Irish: Stumpa an tSaimh, meaning 'stump of the sorrel'), at 650 metres (2,130 ft) high, is a sharp rock spike which is the 193rd highest peak in Ireland on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. It is also known as Stumpeenadaff (Irish: Stuimpín an Daimh, meaning 'little pinnacle of the ox'). The Hag's Tooth is situated in the Hag's Glen beside the Eagle's Nest corrie of Carrauntoohil and is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.

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Wikidata Q57629628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
661.97 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.00518, -9.73423

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions: 47
Springs: 44
Artworks: 35
Beaches: 24
  • McRose Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Coss Strand: 10.0 mi
  • Rossbeigh Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Kells Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Bunaneer Strand: 16.2 mi
Parks: 23
  • Stone garden: 9.9 mi
  • Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 10.1 mi
  • Killarney House: 10.2 mi
  • Cumann na mBan Park: 10.7 mi
  • Reenagross Park: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 12
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 8
  • Droppa: 16.7 mi
  • 2: 17.8 mi
  • 2: 17.8 mi
  • Caoinkeen: 17.8 mi
  • 2: 18.0 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 5

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Hag's Tooth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CarrauntoohilSW 222°1,038.6 m0.5 mi
BeenkeraghWNW 282°1,008.2 m0.5 mi
CaherSW 234°1,000 m1.3 mi
Cnoc na PéisteESE 106°985.1 m1.7 mi
Caher West TopWSW 240°973.4 m1.4 mi
Maolán BuíESE 117°968.9 m1.6 mi
The BonesWSW 246°956.5 m0.6 mi
Cnoc an ChuillinnSE 139°954.6 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0718:52
June solstice05:1921:0822:03
September equinox07:2518:5519:40
December solstice08:4615:2716:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332372712

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