Mweelrea
Sign in to saveMweelrea (; ) is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo, Ireland. Rising to , it is the highest mountain in the western province of Connacht, and is noted for its southeastern cliff-lined corries, and its views. Mweelrea overlooks Killary Harbour and is at the heart of a "horseshoe-shaped" massif that includes the peaks of Ben Lugmore and Ben Bury. The massif is called the Mweelrea Mountains or the Mweelrea Range.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mweelrea is referenced by 198 other articles, and connects out to Benbaun, lists of mountains in Ireland and Garraun.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Geography of County Galway, Hewitts of Ireland and Marilyns of Ireland.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Mweelrea
- Mountain.other_name
- Cnoc Maol Réidh
- Mountain.photo
- File:Mweelrea from Ben Lugmore.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Mweelrea and the corrie lake of Lough Bellawaum, viewed from Ben Lugmore in the east
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 814
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 779
- Mountain.listing
- County top (Mayo), P600, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
- Mountain.translation
- smooth bald hill
- Mountain.language
- Irish
- Mountain.location
- County Mayo, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Mweelrea Mountains
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.map_relief
- yes
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Mweelrea in Ireland
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- L7898366810
- Mountain.topo
- OSi Discovery 37
- Mountain.easiest_route
- "Silver Strand"
- Mountain.normal_route
- "The Ramp" (Lug More corrie)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Mayo
- Elevation
- 814
- Image
- Mweelrea from the East.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 779
- Commons category
- Mweelrea Mountains
- historic county
- County Mayo
- native label
- Cnoc Maol Réidh
- Irish Grid Reference
- L7898566811
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geology
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- Recreation
- Hill walking
- Rock climbing
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- References
- External links
Mweelrea (; ) is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo, Ireland. Rising to , it is the highest mountain in the western province of Connacht, and is noted for its southeastern cliff-lined corries, and its views. Mweelrea overlooks Killary Harbour and is at the heart of a "horseshoe-shaped" massif that includes the peaks of Ben Lugmore and Ben Bury. The massif is called the Mweelrea Mountains or the Mweelrea Range.
Mweelrea is also the 26th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 34th-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mweelrea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations