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Caher West Top (Irish: Cathair na Féinne, meaning 'stone fort of the Fianna')[2] at 973.4 metres (3,193 ft 7 in), is the fifth-highest peak in Ireland on the Irish Vandeleur-Lynam classification, and part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range. Caher West Top is the only Furth to have a prominence below 30 metres (98 ft).

Caher West Top
Caher West Top from Caher
Highest point
Elevation	973.4 m (3,194 ft)[1]
Prominence	24.05 m (78.9 ft)[1]
Listing	Vandeleur-Lynam, Furth
Coordinates	51°59′43″N 9°45′45″W[1]
Geography
Caher West Top County Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Parent range	MacGillycuddy's Reeks
OSI/OSNI grid	V790840
Topo map	OSI Discovery 78
Geology
Mountain type	Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)[1]

Geography

The mountain is located about 500 metres west of Caher East Top and is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks of County Kerry.[3] Caher West Top is often climbed as part of the Coomloughra Horseshoe, which takes 6-8 hours and is described as "one of Ireland’s classic ridge walks".[4] The horseshoe takes in other neighbouring peaks such as Carrauntoohil, Beenkeragh, The Bones (including the Beenkeragh Ridge), Skregmore, and Cnoc Iochtair.[5]

Climbers refer to the narrow path that runs along the top of Caher West Top and neighboring Caher, as Caher Ridge.[6][7]

Caher West Top is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above 3,000 ft (914.4 m) in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or furth) Scotland;[8] which is why Caher West Top is sometimes referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros; it is the only one of the 34 Furths on the official SMC list that has a topographic prominence below 30 metres (98 ft 5 in).[9]

Because of Caher West Top's low prominence, it does not appear in the Irish Arderin classification, or the British Isles Simm and Hewitt classifications.[10] Caher West Top does also not appear in the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, as the prominence threshold is 100 m (328 ft 1 in).[11]

See also

• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Furth mountains in the British Isles

References

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Caher West Top
• MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
• The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH
• Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map Viewer
• Logainm: Placenames Database of Ireland

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