Torc Mountain
Torc Mountain, at 535 metres, is the 329th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list. It is a popular mountain for hill walkers as it has a stone or boarded path from its base at Torc Waterfall to its summit, which has views of the Lakes of Killarney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 535 metres
- Description: mountain in Killarney, Ireland
- Also known as: “Torc Waterfall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Killarney National Park and Torc Waterfall.
Killarney National Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Killarney National Park, near the town of Killarney, County Kerry, was the first national park in Ireland, created when the Muckross Estate was donated to the Irish Free State in 1932. Killarney National Park is situated 2½ km west of Torc Mountain.
Torc Waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torc Waterfall is a 20 metres high, 110 metres long cascade waterfall formed by the Owengarriff River as it drains from the Devil's Punchbowl corrie lake at Mangerton Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killarney and Fossa.
Killarney
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Killarney is a town in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It has a resident population of about 14,000 but in summer they're outnumbered by tourists, because this is one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, firmly on the tourist circuit for over 150 years.
Fossa
Hamlet
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fossa is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney. Townlands in Fossa parish:… Fossa is situated 9 km northwest of Torc Mountain.
Torc Mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Torc Mountain” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Torc mendia”
- Basque: “Torc Mountain”
- Cebuano: “Torc Mountain”
- Chinese: “Torc山”
- Dutch: “Torc Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تورك”
- Irish: “Sliabh Torc”
- Ladin: “Torc Mountain”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torc Mountain”
- Swedish: “Torc Mountain”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Torc Mountain W Top and Bourne Vincent Memorial Park.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torc Mountain”. Photo: TJBrosnan, Public domain.