Sugarloaf Mountain West Top 565m mountain, Caha Mountains E: Glengarriff Cork Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Caha Mountains Area , E: Glengarriff Subarea

Feature count in area: 58, by county: Cork: 32, Kerry: 37, of which 11 are in both Cork and Kerry, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84, 85, 88
Highest Place: Hungry Hill 682m

Starting Places (52) in area Caha Mountains:

Ardgroom,

Ardgroom Stone Circle Carpark,

Barley Lake North,

Bere Island Pier,

Caha Pass,

Canshanavoe South,

Carriganine,

Cashelkeelty Stone Circles Carpark,

Castletownbere Lifeboat Harbour,

Clashduff River Farm,

Coolieragh Harbour Road,

Coomadayallig Lake Road N,

Coomadayallig Lake Road S,

Cooryeen Lane,

Cummer Lough East Road,

Derreenataggart Stone Circle Road,

Dromoghty Lough North,

Dunboy Wood,

Esk Boreen,

Eyeries,

Fehanah Lane,

Garinish Island Pier,

Glantrasna Bridge,

Glenbeg Lough N,

Glengarriff,

Glengarriff Nature Reserve CP,

Gleninchaquin Waterfall,

Gowlaun Lough,

Healy Pass,

Healy Pass Hairpin,

Ilnacullin Car Park,

Kenmare Bridge,

Knockacullin Lane,

Leahill Bog,

Leitrim Beg Standing Stone,

Lough Inchiquin SE,

Magannagan Stream,

Molly Gallivan's Visitor Centre,

Nora's Cottage,

Old Lansdowne School,

Owgarriff River Lane,

Peg's Shop,

Pooleen Wood Car Park,

Red Trout Lake,

Reenroe Bridge,

River Drimminboy Track,

Rossmackowen Bridge,

Rossmackowen Cemetery,

Shronebirrane Farm,

Shronebirrane Road,

Toberbanaha,

Turner's Rock Tunnel

Summits & other features in area Caha Mountains:
Cen: Hungry Hill: Coombane 510m, Derryclancy 554m, Hungry Hill 682m
Cen: Knockowen: Cushnaficulla 596.9m, Glenkeel Top 417m, Knockastumpa 398m, Knockeirky 579.7m, Knockeirky South Top 522.5m, Knockowen 660.3m, Stookeennalackareha 412m
E: Glengarriff: Derrynafulla SW 375m, Gowlbeg Mountain 362m, Nareera 530m, Nareera North Top 503m, Nareera South-West Top 505m, Shrone Hill 283m, Sugarloaf Mountain 574m, Sugarloaf Mountain Far West Top 560m, Sugarloaf Mountain West Top 565m
N: Coomnadiha: Baurearagh Mountain 489m, Caha Far SE Top 555m, Caha SE Top 585m, Coomnadiha 644m, Coomnalack Top 435m, Cummeenbaun 510m, Droppa 522m, Killane Mountain 537m, Killane Mountain South-West Top 533m, Knockagarrane 414m, Knockreagh 499.1m
N: Knockeirka: Barraduff Mountain 400m, Killaha Mountain 400m, Knockeirka 426m
N: Knocknagorraveela: Derrysallagh 410m, Feorus East 474m, Knocknagorraveela 507m, Knocknagorraveela NE Top 464m
N: Lauragh: Knockanoughanish 386m, Knockatee 330m
S: Castletownbere: Disert 205m, Knockanallig (Bear Island) 267m
W: Ardgroom: Derryvour Hill 160m
W: Eskatarriff: Coomacloghane 598.9m, Eskatarriff 600.5m, Eskatarriff East Top 532.7m, Keeragh Mountain 363.2m, Knocknaveacal North Top 512.7m, Knocknaveacal South Top 512.7m, Lackabane 603m, Tooreenbaha 408.7m, Tooreennamna 524m, Tooth Mountain 592m
W: Knocknagree: Knocknagree 586m, Knocknagree East Top 461m, Knocknagree SE Top 442m, Lackawee 572m, Maulin 621m, Maulin North Top 579m

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

Sugarloaf Mountain West Top, 565m Mountain Gabhal Mhór (mullach thiar) A name in Irish,

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For origin of name, see Sugarloaf Mountain., Cork County in Munster province, in Arderin Beg, Irish Best Hundred Lists, Sugarloaf Mountain West Top is the 378th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference V86262 53137, OS 1:50k mapsheet 85
Place visited by: 59 members, recently by: maoris, JohnFinn, Petecal423, Leatra, Peter Walker, DeirdreM, Kirsty, frostie89, Krzysztof_K, amgall, John.geary, mountainmike, garrettd, annem, eiremountains

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Longitude: -9.646554, Latitude: 51.719649, Easting: 86262, Northing: 53137, Prominence: 27m, Isolation: 0.2km
ITM: 486237 553203
Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation)

Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Sgr565, 10 char: SgrlfMntnW
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1428/

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Some confusion going on here?

by IainT 6 Feb 2019

I have a sneaking suspicion that there's a bit of confusion going on around these rocky wee bumps west of Sugarloaf. This one (West Top) gets a 100% rating, despite being an amorphous lump (admittedly one in a great area with a good view), while its higher neighbour a few hundred metres away (Far West Top) gets rather less, despite having an impressively jagged summit and overlooking this one (and obviously is in the same area with a very similar view). If you were just looking at the Arderins list you might assume that the higher one was the West Top and rate it accordingly? To confuse matters further, the top east of this one, at A (V865 528), has a fairly substantial drop too, maybe as much as 20m, a candidate for Arderin Beg status? All three tops are pretty separate from Sugarloaf (about 70m reascent to the first and lowest, which has a 530m contour despite the 520m spot height, so nearly 15% of the total height of the hill) so maybe a solution would be to give them their own name? The DoBIH gives Toberavanaha as an alternative, presumably from the lough, so how about calling them Toberavanaha, Toberavanaha SE Top and (if it qualifies) Toberavanaha Far SE Top. They are a cracking bunch of hills that feel separate and deserve their own identity, plus it seems less confusing (and the lough is a lot closer than Sugarloaf is). Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1428/comment/20408/

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Short diversion off the Beara way

by liz50 22 Jun 2015

Approached the summit from the Beara way at B (V86229 53270) en route to Sugarloaf Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1428/comment/18157/

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Extra one or two traversed ?

by Fergalh 27 Oct 2020

I did the same Six Hill circuit as everyone else. However I agree with Iain T's comment that maybe there could be additions to the list as there was certainly extra ascents and descents around the Sugarloafs. This hill would only be done in conjuction with the others in essence Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1428/comment/20935/

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