Purple Mountain
Purple Mountain at 832 metres high, is the 21st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 28th–highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. It is located in County Kerry, and is the highest point of the Purple Mountain Group.
- Peak rising to 832 metres (2,730 feet)
- Description: mountain in Kerry, Ireland
- Also known as“An Chathair”“Purple mountain group”“Shehy Mountain”“Tomies Chimneys”“Tomies Mountain”“Tomies Rock”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaufort and Fossa.
Fossa
Fossa is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney.
8 km northeast of Purple Mountain
Purple Mountain
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Latitude
52.00792° or 52° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
-9.62248° or 9° 37′ 21″ west
Open location code
9C4G295H+52
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Purple Mountain” goes by many names.
Purple MountainCebuano
Purple Mountain (bukid sa Ireland)Cebuano
Shehy山Chinese
Purple Mountain, County KerryDutch
جبل پورپلEgyptian Arabic
جبل پورپل (جمهورية ايرلاندا)Egyptian Arabic
ההר הסגולHebrew
An Sliabh CorcraIrish
Purple MountainLadin
An Sliabh CorcraLombard
Purple MountainSwedish
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County Kerry: Highlights
Learn more about Skellig Michael and Killarney.
