Mount Eagle (Ireland)

Mount Eagle
Sliabh an Iolair
Highest point
Elevation 516 m (1,693 ft) [1]
Prominence 461 m (1,512 ft) [1]
Listing Marilyn
Coordinates 52°7′4.18″N 10°25′55.41″W / 52.1178278°N 10.4320583°W / 52.1178278; -10.4320583Coordinates: 52°7′4.18″N 10°25′55.41″W / 52.1178278°N 10.4320583°W / 52.1178278; -10.4320583
Naming
Translation Eagle mountain (Irish)
Geography
Mount Eagle

Ireland

Location County Kerry, Ireland
Parent range Dingle Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid V334989
Geology
Mountain type Mainly sandstone[1]
Climbing
First ascent ancestral
Easiest route Hiking
Pasture along the slopes of Mt.Eagle

Mount Eagle (Irish: Sliabh an Iolair, meaning "eagle mountain")[2][3] is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.

Geography

The mountain is part of Dingle peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland.[1] Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the most south-westerly point of the peninsula, and is connected with mount Brandon by a ridge of lower hills.[4] On the mountain's top stands a trig point.[5]

History

The mountain summit was the first Europen bit of land seen by Charles Lindbergh after its 1927 plane voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.[6]

Access to the summit

Mount Eagle summit can be reached with a medium walk from Ventry Harbour.[1] From the top of the mountain there is a good view of the neighbouring coast and the Blasket Islands.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dingle West Area – Mount Eagle". MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sliabh an Iolair". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Robert Archibald Armstrong (1825). A Gaelic Dictionary, in two parts. James Duncan. p. 327. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Peter Harbison (1995). Pilgrimage in Ireland: the mMonuments and the people. Syracuse University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Paddy Dillon (1999). Irish Coastal Walks. Cicerone Press Limited. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Rick Steves, Pat O'Connor (2014). Rick Steves' Snapshot Dingle Peninsula. Avalon Travel.

See also

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