Carrigvore facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carrigvore
Carraig Mhór
Gravale (highest) with Carrigvore (right) from SE
Highest point
Elevation	682 m (2,238 ft)
Prominence	67 m (220 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Naming
English translation	big rock
Language of name	Irish
Geography
Carrigvore Location in island of Ireland
Location	Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Parent range	Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	O122101
Topo map	OSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain type	Granite with microcline phenocrysts
Climbing
Easiest route	from the Sally Gap, or along the R115

Carrigvore (Irish: Carraig Mhór, meaning big rock) at 682 metres (2,238 ft), is the 111th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 134th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Carrigvore is in the middle section of the Wicklow Mountains, in Ireland, and is part of a large north-east to south-west "boggy ridge" that runs from the Sally Gap to Carrigvore, and then on to Gravale 718 metres (2,356 ft); after a col, the ridge continues south-westwards to meet Duff Hill 720 metres (2,360 ft), which is part of the larger massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft).

View to summit from the Sally Gap