Table Mountain (Wicklow) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Table Mountain |
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Flat summit of Table Mountain
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 702 m (2,303 ft) |
Prominence | 16 m (52 ft) |
Listing | Arderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow, Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | T019972 |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite with microcline phenocrysts |
Table Mountain is a 702-metre (2,303 ft) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16 metres (52 ft), it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale. Table Mountain is at the apex of a horseshoe-shaped "boggy" massif with its larger neighbours, Camenabologue 758 metres (2,487 ft) and Conavalla 734 metres (2,408 ft) that sit at the head of the Glenmalure valley; all three peaks lie close to the "central spine" of the range as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south. There is no recorded Irish language name for Table Mountain, and it has no connection with Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.