Galtymore
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Galtymore or Galteemore () is a mountain in the province of Munster, Ireland. At , it is one of Ireland's highest mountains, being the 12th-highest on the Arderin list, and 14th-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Galtymore has the 4th-highest topographic prominence of any peak in Ireland, which classifies Galtymore as a P600, or "major mountain". It is one of the 13 Irish Munros.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Galtymore is referenced by 451 other articles, and connects out to lists of mountains in Ireland, topographic prominence and shale.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 4 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Furths, Hewitts of Ireland and Highest points of Irish counties.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Galtymore
- Mountain.other_name
- Galty Mountains
- Mountain.translation
- 'big hill of the Galtees'
- Mountain.photo
- File:Galtee range aherlow.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Galtee Mountain range seen from the north, with the summit of Galteemore at its centre
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 917.9
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 898
- Mountain.location
- County Limerick/Tipperary, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Galty Mountains
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.map_relief
- yes
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- R878237
- Mountain.topo
- OSi Discovery 74
- Mountain.listing
- County top (Limerick and Tipperary), P600, Marilyn, Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
- Mountain.type
- Conglomerate & purple-reddish sandstone, (Slievenamuck Conglomerate Formation)
- Mountain.period
- Devonian
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Black Road Route
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Tipperary
- Elevation
- 918
- Image
- Lough Curra below Galtymore, Gaty Mountains.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 898
- mountain range
- Galtee Mountains
- Commons category
- Galtee Mountains
- historic county
- County Limerick
- native label
- Cnoc Mór na nGaibhlte
- Irish Grid Reference
- R8784823789
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Naming
- Geology
- Geography
- Hill walking
- List of peaks
- Summit
- Folklore
- 1976 air crash
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Galtymore or Galteemore () is a mountain in the province of Munster, Ireland. At , it is one of Ireland's highest mountains, being the 12th-highest on the Arderin list, and 14th-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Galtymore has the 4th-highest topographic prominence of any peak in Ireland, which classifies Galtymore as a P600, or "major mountain". It is one of the 13 Irish Munros.
The Galtee mountains are formed from sandstone and shale and contain 24 peaks above . It runs east-west for between counties Tipperary and Limerick; Galtymore is the highest point of both counties. The mountain is accessed by hillwalkers via the 3–4 hour Black Road Route, but is also summited as part of the longer 5–6 hour Circuit of Glencushnabinnia, and the at least 10–hour east-to-west crossing of the entire range, called the Galtee Crossing, which is climbed annually in the Galtee Challenge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Galtymore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
On the map
4 mapped locations