Cnoc na Péiste
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Cnoc na Péiste (Irish for "hill of the serpent"), anglicised Knocknapeasta,[3] at 988 metres (3,241 ft), is the fourth-highest peak in Ireland, on the Arderin and Vandeleur-Lynam lists. Cnoc na Péiste is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. It is one of only two 3,000 ft peaks in the Reeks with a prominence above the Marilyn threshold of 150 metres, and is the highest summit of the Eastern Reeks. In 1943, a USAAF plane crashed into the mountain, killing all five crew, and parts of the wreckage can still be seen in Lough Cummeenapeasta.
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Cnoc na Péiste | |
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Knocknapeasta | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 988 m (3,241 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 253 m (830 ft)[1] |
Listing | Marilyn, Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 51°59′53″N 9°41′44″W[1] |
Naming | |
English translation | hill of the serpent |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | County Kerry, Ireland |
Parent range | MacGillycuddy's Reeks |
OSI/OSNI grid | V835841 |
Topo map | OSI Discovery 78 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Well-bedded grey sandstone, (Lough Acoose Sandstone Formation)[1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Devil's Ladder (via Hag's Glen) |
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