Carrauntoohil facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carrauntoohil
Corrán Tuathail

Highest point
Elevation	1,038 metres (3,406 feet)
Prominence	1,038 m (3,406 ft)
Listing	Country high point Marilyn, Furth, Hewitt
Naming
Language of name	Irish
Geography
Location	County Kerry, Ireland
Parent range	Macgillycuddy's Reeks
OSI/OSNI grid	V803844
Topo map	OSI Discovery 78

Carrauntoohil is the highest peak on the island of Ireland. It is in County Kerry. Carrauntoohil is 1,038 metres (3,406 feet) high. It is the central peak of the Macgillycuddy's Reeks range.

Images for kids

Looking directly at Carrauntoohil's Eagle's Nest corrie (in shade), surrounded by Carrauntoohil (left), The Bones and the Beenkeragh Ridge (centre, back), Beenkeragh (right), and the Hag's Tooth, and the Hag's Tooth Ridge up to Beenkeragh (right). The three levels of the Eagle's Nest corrie can be clearly seen.
The summit of Carrauntoohil
Carrauntoohil (r) from Hag's Glen, with the Devil's Ladder path to the col between Carrauntoohil (r) and Cnoc na Toinne (l) visible in the distance
Heavenly Gates on the east face. The 450 metre Howling Ridge rock-climb starts at the Heavenly Gates.
Climbing up Brother O'Shea's Gully with the Eagle's Nest (third level), and Lough Cummeenoughter below.
Eagle's Nest and Lough Cummenoughter in winter