Caran

Caran is a peak in County Wicklow, Leinster and has an elevation of 236 metres. Caran is situated nearby to the locality Strand Bridge, as well as near Ballinacor (ED Ballinacor).

Places of Interest

Highlights include Croaghanmoira.

Croaghanmoira

Peak

Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Croaghanmoira at 664 metres, is the 136th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 165th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Croaghanmoira is situated in the far south-east corner of the Wicklow Mountains range, and sits on its own small…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenan and Glenmalure.

Greenan

Locality

Greenan is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. Nearby are the towns of Rathdrum and Aughrim along with the glaciated valleys of Glendalough and Glenmalure.

Glenmalure

Village

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Glenmalure is a 20-kilometre long U-shaped glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Glenmalure is an important base for climbing in the Wicklow mountains, and particularly accessing the massif of Lugnaquilla, and contains one of the earliest An Óige youth hostels in Ireland.

Ballinaclash

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Ballinaclash is a village in east County Wicklow, Ireland. Around 4 km south-west of Rathdrum, it is centred on a bridge that carries the R753 road across the River Avonbeg.

Caran

Type: Peak with an elevation of 236 metres
Description: hill in County Wicklow, Ireland
Categories: hill and landform
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.93406° or 52° 56′ 3″ north

Longitude

-6.321° or 6° 19′ 16″ west

Elevation

236 metres (774 feet)

Open location code

9C4MWMMH+JH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1596131223

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

3315414

Wikidata ID

Q26718572

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Caran” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Caran”
Dutch: “Caran”
Swedish: “Caran”

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Localities in the Area

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