Caoinkeen, An Caincín 692.8m mountain, West Cork Mountains NW: Knockboy Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Knockboy 704.8m, Caoinkeen 692.8m, Knockboy North Top 651.2m, Knocknamanagh 637m, Knocknamanagh NE Top 625m, Caoinkeen South-East Top 553.5m, Knockantooreen 450m,

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West Cork Mountains Area NW: Knockboy Subarea

Place count in area: 62, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89
Highest place:

Knockboy, 704.8m
Maximum height for area: 704.8 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 685 metres,

Places in area West Cork Mountains:
Cen: Maughanaclea:

Maughanaclea Hills East Top 470m

Maughanaclea Hills West Top 452m
Cen: Shehy More:

Shehy More 545.6m

Shehy More SW Top 446m
E: Clearagh:

Clearagh Hill 287m
E: Currane:

Currane Hill 228m
N Cen: Douce:

Douce Mountain 476m

Doughill Mountain 471m
N: Carran:

Barnastooka 497m

Bealick 537.1m

Carran 605.2m

Carran Far NE Top 561m

Carran Far North Top 506m

Carran NE Top 555m

Carran South Top 568.4m

Knockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:

Conigar 566m

Conigar SW Top 566m

Foilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:

Carrigalougha 423m

Coomataggart 539.3m

Coomataggart SW Top 509m

Derrineanig 304m

Lackabaun 472m

Mweelin 487m
NE Cen: Carrigarierk:

Carrigarierk 343m
NW: Barraboy:

Barraboy Mountain 460m

Barraboy Mountain Far East Top 456m

Barraboy Mountain SE Top 409m

Derroograne 468m

Turners Rock 420m
NW: Knockboy:

Caoinkeen 692.8m

Caoinkeen South-East Top 553.5m

Coomhola Mountain 472m

Knockboy 704.8m

Knockboy North Top 651.2m

Knockboy South Top 533.3m

The Priest's Leap 519m
NW: Knocknamanagh:

Bird Hill 412m

Coomclogherane Top 449m

Gullaba Hill 603m

Knockbrack 440m

Knockbrack South Top 458m

Knocknamanagh 637m

Knocknamanagh NE Top 625m
S Cen: Dunmanway Hills:

Cashloura 296.8m

Coolsnaghtig 295.8m

Inchanadreen 310m
S Cen: Nowen:

Milane Hill 354.4m

Mullaghmesha 494.3m

Nowen Hill 535.2m

Nowen Hill Far West Top 405.2m

Nowen Hill SW Top 509m

Pookeen North Top 319m
S: Leap Hills:

Carrigfadda 311.7m

Killeigh Hill 229m

Knockarudane Hill 169m

Knockscagh 195m
S: Skibbereen:

Barryroe Hill 156m

Lick Hill 158m
W Cen: Knockbreteen:

Knockbreteen 239m
W: Bantry:

Knocknaveagh 282m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Caoinkeen Mountain An Caincín A name in Irish (Ir. An Caincín [T6000], 'snub nose or turned-up nose') Cork/ Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Purple & green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 692.8m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W01039 64554
Place visited by 178 members. Recently by: Jimmel357, alanf94, orlaithfitz, childminder05, rosduke, patman1974, westside, DeirdreM, Aidan_Ennis, bandre, discovering_dann, Sweeney, DarrenY, jimmel567, Hjonna
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Longitude: -9.436054, Latitude: 51.825031 , Easting: 101039, Northing: 64555 Prominence: 106.6m, Isolation: 1.9km
ITM: 501010 564618, GPS IDs, 6 char: Cnkn, 10 char: Caoinkeen
Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation)

The name refers to the ridge running north from Knockboy which is abruptly truncated in a cliff. Previously Akinkeen in MV. Caoinkeen is the second highest mountain in the West Cork Mountains area and the 123rd highest in Ireland. Caoinkeen is the second highest point in county Cork.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/120/

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Easy ascent from the S .. by David-Guenot (Show all for Caoinkeen (An Caincín))

Ahinkeen vault. .. by simon3 (Show all for Caoinkeen (An Caincín))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Caoinkeen (<i>An Caincín</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland

simon3 on Caoinkeen, 2003

by simon3 25 Apr 2003

Richard Mersey’s “The Hills of Cork & Kerry” calls it Akinkeen and says of a traverse that he did “The dramatic shape of that walk lay in Lough Akinkeen and the considerable cliff above it. It was good to traverse its edge.” Our photo speaks for itself about the landscape. It shows Lough Akinkeen from the top of the ridge, around 380m above.
The skyline summits in the heat haze are to the left Carran and to the centre Bealick. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/120/comment/443/

Shehy View .. by davsheen (Show all for Caoinkeen (An Caincín))

Shehy Range Cliffs .. by davsheen (Show all for Caoinkeen (An Caincín))

The first significant top on the Beara borders wa .. by milo (Show all for Caoinkeen (An Caincín))

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