Duff Hill | |
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Cnoc Dubh | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 65 m (213 ft) [1] |
Listing | Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°07′N 6°22′W / 53.117°N 6.367°W |
Naming | |
English translation | black hill |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow, Republic of Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | O093082 [1] |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite with microcline phenocrysts [1] |
Duff Hill ( Irish: An Cnoc Dubh, meaning "black hill") [2] at 720 metres (2,360 ft), is the 78th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] and the 97th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Duff Hill is in the middle section of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland, and is part of the large massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft), which lies to its south. [6] Gravale, which is 718 metres (2,356 ft) tall, lies to its immediate north. [7]
Walk 4: Carrigvore, Gravale, Duff Hill, Mullaghcleevaun East Top, Mullaghcleevaun
Duff Hill | |
---|---|
Cnoc Dubh | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 65 m (213 ft) [1] |
Listing | Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°07′N 6°22′W / 53.117°N 6.367°W |
Naming | |
English translation | black hill |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow, Republic of Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | O093082 [1] |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite with microcline phenocrysts [1] |
Duff Hill ( Irish: An Cnoc Dubh, meaning "black hill") [2] at 720 metres (2,360 ft), is the 78th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] and the 97th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Duff Hill is in the middle section of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland, and is part of the large massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft), which lies to its south. [6] Gravale, which is 718 metres (2,356 ft) tall, lies to its immediate north. [7]
Walk 4: Carrigvore, Gravale, Duff Hill, Mullaghcleevaun East Top, Mullaghcleevaun