Caher West Top

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Caher West Top
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Caher West Top from Caher
Highest point
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Listing Furth
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Geography
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Parent range MacGillycuddy's Reeks
File:Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Cathair (Caher) - geograph.org.uk - 1434483.jpg
Caher West Top (right) beyond the main Caher peak (middle)

Caher West Top is the fifth-highest mountain peak in Ireland, at 973.4 metres (3,194 ft).[2]

Geography

The mountain is located about 500 metres west of Caher East Top and is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks of County Kerry. Its grid reference is V789840.[1] Other nearby peaks include: Skregmore, The Bones, Cnoc Iochtair, Carrauntoohil and Beenkeragh.[3]

Caher West Top is counted by the Scottish Mountaineering Club as a Furth (a 3,000-footer outside Scotland),[4] which is why it is sometimes referred to as one of the Irish Munros.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Caher West Top at mountainviews.ie. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
  2. Caher (West Top) at peakery.com. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
  3. Caher West Top maps at www.themountainguide.co.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
  4. Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.

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