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 757 metres (2,484 feet)
- Also known as“Purple Mountain NE Top”“Tomies South”
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.
Purple Mountain
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Latitude
52.01421° or 52° 0′ 51″ north
Longitude
-9.61099° or 9° 36′ 40″ west
Open location code
9C4G297Q+MJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
“Purple Mountain” goes by many names.
- Irish: “An Sliabh Corcra (mullach thoir thuaidh)”
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County Kerry: Highlights
Learn more about Skellig Michael and Killarney.