Carrauntoohill
Carrauntoohil, Carrauntoohill or Carrantuohill is the highest mountain in Ireland at 1,038.6 metres. It is on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, close to the centre of Ireland's highest mountain range, MacGillycuddy's Reeks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,038 metres
- Description: highest mountain in Ireland
- Also known as: “Carrantoohil”, “Carrantuel”, “Carrantuohil”, “Carrantuohill”, “Carrauntoohil”, “Carrauntouhil”, and “Gheraun-Tuel”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Bones and Beenkeragh.
The Bones
Peak
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bones, at 957 metres high, is the seventh-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the eighth-highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Beenkeragh
Peak
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beenkeragh or Benkeeragh is the second-highest peak in Ireland, at 1,008.2 metres. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Beenkeragh also gives its name the infamous Beenkeragh Ridge, the narrow rocky arete between Beenkeragh and Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain.
Caher Mountain
Peak
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caher or Caher East Top at 1,000 metres, is the third-highest peak in Ireland, on the Irish Arderin and Vandeleur-Lynam classifications. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.
Carrauntoohill
- Categories: mountain, tourist attraction, climbing area, and landform
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.99945° or 51° 59′ 58″ northLongitude
-9.74269° or 9° 44′ 34″ westElevation
1,038 metres (3,406 feet)Open location code
9C3GX7X4+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 332372476OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Carrauntoohill” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كرنتول”
- Arabic: “كَرَنْتُول”
- Arabic: “كورن توهل”
- Arabic: “كُورَن تُوهَل”
- Basque: “Carrauntoohil”
- Belarusian: “Гара Карантуіл”
- Belarusian: “Карантуіл”
- Breton: “Corrán Tuathail”
- Catalan: “Carrantuohill”
- Cebuano: “Carrauntoohil”
- Chinese: “卡朗圖厄爾山”
- Chinese: “卡朗突奥山”
- Chinese: “卡朗突奧山”
- Croatian: “Carrantuohill”
- Croatian: “Carrauntoohil”
- Czech: “Carrauntoohil”
- Czech: “Carrauntoohill”
- Danish: “Carrantuohill”
- Danish: “Carrauntoohil”
- Dutch: “Carrantuohill”
- Dutch: “Carrauntoohil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاراونتوهيل”
- Esperanto: “Karontuhilo”
- Estonian: “Carrauntoohil”
- Estonian: “Corran Tuathail”
- Finnish: “Carrauntoohil”
- French: “Carrauntoohil”
- French: “Carrauntuohil”
- French: “Carrauntuohill”
- Galician: “Carrauntoohil”
- German: “Carrantuohill”
- German: “Carrauntoohil”
- German: “Carrauntoohill”
- German: “Carrauntuohill”
- German: “Corran Tuathail”
- German: “Corrán Tuathail”
- Greek: “Καραντούελ”
- Hebrew: “קרנטול”
- Indonesian: “Carrauntoohil”
- Irish: “Corrán Tuathail”
- Irish: “Géarán Tuathail”
- Italian: “Carrantuohill”
- Japanese: “キャラントゥール山”
- Korean: “캐런투얼산”
- Ladin: “Carrauntoohil”
- Lithuanian: “Karauntuhilas”
- Lombard: “Corrán Tuathail”
- Macedonian: “Карантуил”
- Northern Frisian: “Carrantuohill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carrauntoohill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carrauntuohill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carrantuohill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carrauntoohil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Corrán Tuathail”
- Norwegian: “Carrauntuohill”
- Persian: “کارونتووهیل”
- Polish: “Carrantoohil”
- Polish: “Carrantuohill”
- Polish: “Carrauntoohill”
- Portuguese: “Carrantuohill”
- Portuguese: “Carrauntoohil”
- Portuguese: “Carrauntoohill”
- Romanian: “Carrauntoohil”
- Russian: “Карантуилл”
- Russian: “Каррантуил”
- Scots: “Carrauntoohil”
- Silesian: “Carrantuohill”
- Slovak: “Carrauntoohil”
- Slovenian: “Carrauntoohil”
- Spanish: “Carrantuohill”
- Spanish: “Carrantuonhill”
- Spanish: “Carrauntoohil”
- Spanish: “Carrauntoohill”
- Spanish: “Carrauntuohill”
- Spanish: “Corran Tuathail”
- Spanish: “Corrán Tuathail”
- Swahili: “Carrauntoohil”
- Swedish: “Beenkeragh”
- Swedish: “Cahder”
- Swedish: “Carantohil”
- Swedish: “Carantohill”
- Swedish: “Carantwohil”
- Swedish: “Carauntohill”
- Swedish: “Carrantuohill”
- Swedish: “Carrauntoohil”
- Swedish: “Carrauntoohill”
- Swedish: “Carrauntuohill”
- Swedish: “Carrauntwohill”
- Turkish: “Carrauntoohil”
- Ukrainian: “Каррантуїлл”
- Ukrainian: “Каррантухіл”
- Venetian: “Carrantuohill”
- Welsh: “Carrauntoohil”
- Welsh: “Carrauntoohill”
- Welsh: “Carrauntuohil”
- Welsh: “Corrán Tuathail”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maghanlawaun and Knocknafreaghaun.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hag’s Tooth and Lough Gouragh.
County Kerry: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Skellig Michael, Killarney, Tralee, and Dingle.
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