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
Name | Irish Name | Height |
Meenard | Mín Ard (“high mountain pasture”) | 568m |
Mullaghasturrakeen | Mullach an Starraicín (“summit of the steeple”) | 520m |
Rank | Name | Irish name[6] | Height[7] | Prominence[7] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sawel Mountain | Samhail Phite Méabha (“likeness of Méabh‘s vulva”) | 678 m (2,224 ft) | 657 m (2,156 ft) |
2 | Mullaghclogha | Mullach Clocha (“summit of the stone”) | 635 m (2,083 ft) | 207 m (679 ft) |
3 | Mullaghaneany | Mullach an Ionaidh (“summit of the wonder”) | 627 m (2,057 ft) | 302 m (991 ft) |
4 | Meenard | Mín Ard (“high mountain pasture”) | 620 m (2,030 ft) | 85 m (279 ft) |
5 | Dart Mountain | An Dairt (“the lump”) | 619 m (2,031 ft) | 89 m (292 ft) |
6 | Mullaghasturrakeen | Mullach an Starraicín (“summit of the steeple”) | 581 m (1,906 ft) | 46 m (151 ft) |
7 | Mullaghclogher | Mullach Clochair (“summit of the stony patch”) | 572 m (1,877 ft) | 127 m (417 ft) |
8 | Oughtmore | Ucht Mór (“big mountain breast”) | 569 m (1,867 ft) | 104 m (341 ft) |
9 | Spelhoagh | Speilg Chuach (“cuckoo rock”) | 568 m (1,864 ft) | 20 m (66 ft) |
10 | Mullaghdoo | Mullach Dubh (“black summit”) | 568 m (1,864 ft) | 20 m (66 ft) |
11 | Carnanelly | Carnán Aichle (“little cairn of the lookout”) | 562 m (1,844 ft) | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
12 | Mullaghmore | Mullach Mór (“big summit”) | 550 m (1,800 ft) | 235 m (771 ft) |
13 | Mullaghcarn | Mullach Cairn (“summit of the cairn”) | 542 m (1,778 ft) | 377 m (1,237 ft) |
14 | White Mountain | Sliabh Bán (“white mountain”) | 537 m (1,762 ft) | 42 m (138 ft) |
15 | Slieve Gallion | Sliabh gCallann (“mountain of the heights”) | 528 m (1,732 ft) | 333 m (1,093 ft) |
16 | Crockbrack | Cnoc Breac (“speckled hill”) | 526 m (1,726 ft) | 151 m (495 ft) |
17 | Mullaghcarbatagh | Mullach Carbadach (“boulder-strewn summit”) | 517 m (1,696 ft) | 32 m (105 ft) |
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