Sugarloaf is a 552 metres (1,811 ft) peak in west Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a prominence of only 14 metres (46 ft), it is not listed in any of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland, and is a subsidiary summit of Lobawn 636 metres (2,087 ft), to the north.[1]

Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf (l) and Lobawn (r) from the Glen of Imaal in the south
Highest point
Elevation	552 m (1,811 ft)[1]
Prominence	14 m (46 ft)[1]
Listing	none
Coordinates	53.011092°N 6.558082°W / 53.011092; -6.558082.
Geography
Sugarloaf Ireland
Location	Wicklow, Ireland
Parent range	Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	S968965[1]
Topo map	OSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain type	Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule[1]

Sugarloaf should not be confused with the better known Great Sugar Loaf 501 metres (1,644 ft), and the Little Sugar Loaf 342 metres (1,122 ft) in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains.[2]

Bibliography

• Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
• MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sugarloaf (West Wicklow).

• Wicklow Way
• Wicklow Mountains
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

References

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Sugarloaf (West Wicklow)
• 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

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