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Place count in area: 26, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79
Highest place: Mangerton, 838.2m Maximum height for area: 838.2 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 583.2 metres,
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
CrohaneMountainAn Cruachán A name in Irish (Ir. An Cruachán [OSI], 'little stack')KerryCounty, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Rhyolitic lavas Bedrock
Height:650mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 79Grid Reference: W04970 82967 Place visited by 178 members. Recently by: Wildrover, DNicholson, Patbrdrck, Ulsterpooka, sharonburns, jamesmforrest, FrankMc1964, Juanita, CaminoPat, hugh_oc, PaulaMc, ilenia, amgall, JimMc, Deise-Man I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
This peak has the classic hay-stack shape which is typical of mountains whose names in cruach/cruachán. Near Lough Nabroda are some crags with rhyolite formations which, though less spectacular, resemble the organ pipe formations at the Giant's Causeway.
Crohane is the 200th highest place in Ireland. Crohane is the second most easterly summit in the Mangerton area. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/