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Summit Comment eamonoc 14 hours ago
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Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago
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Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago
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Mayo Islands Area
Place count in area: 102, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 37, 38, CBE, CBW, MSW 
Highest place: Inishturk, 189.3m

Places in area Mayo Islands:
An Teach Beag 84mAn tOighean 78mAnnagh Island (2) 23mAnnagh Island (1) 14mBallybeg 5mBarranagh Island 7mBartragh Island 26mBills Rocks 5mBlack Rock (3) 71mCaher Island 5mCalf Island (2) 25mCarraig na Faola 45mCarrickawilt 9mCarrickmoylenacurhoga 10mCarricknaglamph 16mCarricknaweelion 20mCarrigee 11mClynish 42mCollan Beg 25mCollan More 46mCone Island South 15mCrovinish 23mDerrinish 21mDorinish Beg 15mDorinish More 25mDún Briste 50mDuvillaun Beg 14mDuvillaun Mór 60mEagle Island 55mErris Head Island 55mFinnaun Island 5mFreaghillan East 13mFreaghillan West 19mFrehil Island 17mGaghta Island 8mGovern island 10mHeath Island 5mHorse Island (2) 25mIllanambraher 25mIllanataggart 28mIllanballa 5mIllancroagh 8mIllanmaw 15mIllannaconney 13mInishaghoo 14mInishbee 29mInishbiggle 34mInishbollog 18mInishcannon 25mInishcarrick 21mInishcooa 27mInishcoragh 24mInishcorky 14mInishcuill 26mInishdaff 31mInishdalla 5mInishdasky 31mInishdaugh 23mInishdeashbeg 15mInishdeashmore 19mInishdegil Beg 12mInishdegil More 32mInishdoonver 26mInisheeny 22mInisherkin 30mInishfesh 26mInishgallon 45mInishglora 22mInishgort (1) 29mInishgowla 28mInishgowla South 21mInishilra 18mInishimmel 15mInishkea North 24mInishkee 26mInishlaghan 5mInishlaughil 43mInishleague 27mInishlyre 26mInishmolt 16mInishnacross 36mInishoo 29mInishquirk 44mInishraher 33mInishturk (1) 189.3mInishturkbeg 51mInniscottle Island 26mIsland More 42mKid Island 86mKnocknaskea (Inishkea South) 72mLeamareha 7mMoynish More 37mNo Name Island 8mPig Island (1) 55mRoeillaun (1) 30mRosbarnagh Island 37mRosmore Island 28mRossnafinna Island 5mRusheen Island 9mShanvallybeg 20mStags of Broadhaven (central) 97mStags of Broadhaven South 94m

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Inishturk (1) Hill Inis Toirc (1) A name in Irish (Ir. Inis Toirc [logainm.ie], 'island of the boar') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Binnion, Irish Islands Lists, Mudrock, sandstone, tuff Bedrock

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Height: 189.3m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L60575 75196
Place visited by 45 members. Recently by: philmchale, gerrym, rgctobin, justynagru, Aongus, mdoc1969, jlk, paulbrown, TommyV, Niamhq, markmjcampion, bryanjbarry, scapania, Michaeljnr, DavidWalsh
Island visited by 54 members.
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Longitude: -10.112217, Latitude: 53.707958 , Easting: 60576, Northing: 275196 Prominence: 189.28m,  Isolation: 12.7km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 460556 775213,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Inshtr, 10 char: Inishturk
Bedrock type: Mudrock, sandstone, tuff, (Sheeffry Formation)

The highest point on Inishturk is in the townland of Mountain Common. The peak is unnamed on the OS 6 map, though the names Knockleckan and Knocknagormore appear to the west near the coast.   Inishturk is the highest hill in the Mayo Islands area and the 1413th highest in Ireland. Inishturk is the most southerly summit in the Mayo Islands area and also the most westerly.
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A little-visited outpost .. by lennyantonelli   (Show all for Inishturk (Inis Toirc))
 
Mountain Common on 2.3.2012 .. by FilHil   (Show all for Inishturk (Inis Toirc))
 
Your ferry awaits! .. by paddyhillsbagger   (Show all for Inishturk (Inis Toirc))
 
Art beside lake, col and hill. .. by simon3   (Show all for Inishturk (Inis Toirc))
 
Off-the-beaten-track .. by Damian120   (Show all for Inishturk (Inis Toirc))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Inishturk (<i>Inis Toirc</i>) in area Mayo Islands, Ireland
Picture: The rocky coast east.		  
Summit views from island of the boar.
by simon3  7 Jul 2014
The natural views from the top are superb such as this looking east into Clew Bay. Central skyline has Croagh Patrick. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1041/comment/17540/
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