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Southwest Ireland

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Carrauntoohil (1039 m/3409 ft)
Countries	Ireland
States/Provinces	Cork (32%), Kerry (21%), Tipperary (18%), Limerick (12%), Waterford (8%), Kilkenny (6%), Laois (2%), Offaly (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	22,748 sq km / 8,783 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	533 km / 331 mi North-South 807 km / 501 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	52° 19' N; 8° 43' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southwest Ireland
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Southwest Ireland.

Ireland	Level 3 (Parent)
Northeast Ireland	Level 4 (Sibling)
Western Ireland	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southwest Ireland	Level 4
Southeast Ireland	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Southwest Ireland

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Carrauntoohil	1039	3409
2.	Beenkeragh	1010	3314
3.	Caher	1000	3281
4.	Cnoc na Péiste	988	3241
5.	Maolán Bui	973	3192
6.	Cnoc an Chuillin	958	3143
7.	The Bones	957	3140
8.	Mount Brandon	952	3123
9.	The Big Gun	939	3081
10.	Cruach Mhór	932	3058
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Southwest Ireland

Carrauntoohil The craggy summit of Ireland's high point. Photo by Leon Firth (1993-07-03).	Mount Brandon Mount Brandon from Clogher Head looking back east (2019-07-04). Photo by Chris Gordon. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cnoc na Toinne Looking back at summit of Cnoc na Toinne and Devil's Ladder saddle (2019-07-02). Photo by Chris Gordon. Click here for larger-size photo.	Knockboy Looking northeast from Knockboy TH, summit is beyond the first ridge in view. (2014-09-04). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.
Boughil Boughil viewed from road towards Moll's Gap (2005-10-02). Photo by Jack Higgins. Click here for larger-size photo.	Strickeen Mountain Looking southwest at the nipple peak of Strickeen with Carrauntoohil in the background (to the left) (2014-09-04). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.

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