Sperrins from Wikipedia

The Sperrins or Sperrin Mountains (from Irish Speirín ‘little pinnacle’[4]) are a range of mountains in Northern Ireland .


Features

It has a distinctive glaciated landscape. The Glenshane Pass, part of the A6 Belfast to Derry road, is in the mountains and has notoriously bad weather in winter. Sawel Mountain is the highest peak in the Sperrins, and the seventh highest in Northern Ireland.

List

  • Mullaghclogha
  • Mullaghaneany
  • Meenard

Table of Mountains

NameIrish NameHeight
MeenardMín Ard (“high mountain pasture”)568m
MullaghasturrakeenMullach an Starraicín (“summit of the steeple”)520m

RankNameIrish name[6]Height[7]Prominence[7]
1Sawel MountainSamhail Phite Méabha (“likeness of Méabh‘s vulva”)678 m (2,224 ft)657 m (2,156 ft)
2MullaghcloghaMullach Clocha (“summit of the stone”)635 m (2,083 ft)207 m (679 ft)
3MullaghaneanyMullach an Ionaidh (“summit of the wonder”)627 m (2,057 ft)302 m (991 ft)
4MeenardMín Ard (“high mountain pasture”)620 m (2,030 ft)85 m (279 ft)
5Dart MountainAn Dairt (“the lump”)619 m (2,031 ft)89 m (292 ft)
6MullaghasturrakeenMullach an Starraicín (“summit of the steeple”)581 m (1,906 ft)46 m (151 ft)
7MullaghclogherMullach Clochair (“summit of the stony patch”)572 m (1,877 ft)127 m (417 ft)
8OughtmoreUcht Mór (“big mountain breast”)569 m (1,867 ft)104 m (341 ft)
9SpelhoaghSpeilg Chuach (“cuckoo rock”)568 m (1,864 ft)20 m (66 ft)
10MullaghdooMullach Dubh (“black summit”)568 m (1,864 ft)20 m (66 ft)
11CarnanellyCarnán Aichle (“little cairn of the lookout”)562 m (1,844 ft)307 m (1,007 ft)
12MullaghmoreMullach Mór (“big summit”)550 m (1,800 ft)235 m (771 ft)
13MullaghcarnMullach Cairn (“summit of the cairn”)542 m (1,778 ft)377 m (1,237 ft)
14White MountainSliabh Bán (“white mountain”)537 m (1,762 ft)42 m (138 ft)
15Slieve GallionSliabh gCallann (“mountain of the heights”)528 m (1,732 ft)333 m (1,093 ft)
16CrockbrackCnoc Breac (“speckled hill”)526 m (1,726 ft)151 m (495 ft)
17MullaghcarbataghMullach Carbadach (“boulder-strewn summit”)517 m (1,696 ft)32 m (105 ft)
List of the Sperrins as a caption

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Caption for the Image

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