Torc Waterfall

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 .
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Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Killarney, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Torc Mountain” and “Tore Cascade”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torc Mountain and Muckross House.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: TJBrosnan, Public domain.
, at 535 metres, is the 329th–highest peak in 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 .

Castle
Photo: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between and , two of the , 6 kilometres from the town of in , .

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, near the town of , , was the first in Ireland, created when the was donated to the Irish Free State in 1932. is situated 3½ km west of Torc Waterfall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Killarney and Fossa.

Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in in southwest Ireland. In 2022 it had a resident population of 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.

Hamlet
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and parish in , Ireland, north of the . Townlands in parish include Aghadoe and . is situated 9 km northwest of Torc Waterfall.

Torc Waterfall

Latitude
52.00312° or 52° 0′ 11″ north
Longitude
-9.5056° or 9° 30′ 20″ west
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
9C4G2F3V+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1783001129
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
2961138
Wiki­data ID
Q1748792
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Satellite Map

Discover Torc Waterfall from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Torc Waterfall” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Torc ur-jauzia”
  • Bengali: “টর্ক জলপ্রপাত”
  • Cebuano: “Torc Cascade”
  • Dutch: “Torc Waterfall”
  • German: “Torc Waterfall”
  • Hausa: “Ruwan Torc”
  • Irish: “Easach Toirc”
  • Italian: “cascate di Torc”
  • Italian: “Cascate di Torc”
  • Polish: “Torc”
  • Polish: “Wodospad Torc”
  • Spanish: “Cascada de Torc”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as O’Sullivan’s Punch Bowl and Owgarrif Bridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Arboretum and Devil’s Island.

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