Mullacor

{{short description|Mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mullacor

| native_name = {{Native name|ga|Mullaigh Mhór|paren=omit}}

| translation = big hilltop

| language = Irish

| photo = Mullacor NW view.png

| photo_caption = View from the slopes of Lugduff

| elevation_m = 661

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/177/|title=Mullacor|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|accessdate=8 February 2019}}

| prominence_m = 102

| prominence_ref =

| listing = 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam

| location = County Wicklow, Ireland

| range = Wicklow Mountains

| map = island of Ireland

| map_relief = yes

| map_caption =Location in Ireland

| coordinates = {{coord|52|59|6|N|6|22|26|W|source:nnwiki_region:IE_type:mountain|display=inline,title}}

| topo = OSi Discovery 56

| type = Dark blue-grey slate, phyllite & schist

| grid_ref_Ireland = T0927493925

| easiest_route =

}}

Mullacor ({{irish place name|Mullaigh Mhór|big hilltop}}){{cite web|url= http://www.mountaineering.ie/_files/Paul%20Tempan%20Irish%20Mountain%20Placenames%20-%20Feb%202012.pdf|title=Irish Hill and Mountain Names|publisher=MountainViews.ie|author=Paul Tempan|date=February 2012}} at {{convert|661|m|ft}}, is an Irish mountain.

Features

File:Mullacor summit Turlough Hill in the background.png]]

Mullacor is the 141st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/arderin/|title=Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|author=Simon Stewart|date=October 2018}} and the 172nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/vandeleur-lynam/?PHPSESSID=6lpes93lcdlq890dprmqqu4dn6|title=Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|author=Simon Stewart|date=October 2018}}Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, {{ISBN|978-1-84889-164-7}} It's situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and forms a broad horseshoe around the Upper Lake of the Glendalough valley with the mountains of Lugduff {{convert|652|m|ft}}, Conavalla {{convert|734|m|ft}}, the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill {{convert|681|m|ft}}, and Camaderry {{convert|699|m|ft}}. Mullacor's western flank forms the step sides of the neighbouring Glenmalure valley.{{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993 | quote=Walk 8: Mullacor, Lugduff, Conavalla}} To the east of Mullacor is Cullentragh Mountain {{convert|510|m|ft}}.*{{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892019 | year = 2014|quote=Route 24: Mullacor Circuit}}

Mullacor's prominence of {{convert|102|m|ft}} does not qualify it as a Marilyn, but it does rank it as the 90th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold is 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/highest/|title=Irish Highest 100: The highest 100 Irish mountains with a prominence of +100m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|date=September 2018}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892019 | year = 2014}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892118 | year = 2014}}
  • {{cite book| author=MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart)|year=2013 | title=A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins |publisher=Collins Books | isbn=978-1-84889-164-7}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993 }}

See also

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