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Mount Eagle () is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.
Mount Eagle () is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.
Geography
The mountain is part of Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland. Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the most south-westerly point of the peninsula, and is connected withmount Brandon
Mount Brandon or Brandon (), at , is one of the ten highest peaks in Ireland, being the 8th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 9th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the Mac ...
by a ridge of lower hills. On the mountain's top stands a trig point
A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity. The nomenclature varies regionally: they a ...
.
History
The mountain summit was the first European bit of land seen byCharles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...
after his 1927 plane voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Access to the summit
Mount Eagle summit can be reached with a medium walk fromVentry
Ventry (), officially ''Ceann Trá'',Ventry/Ceann Trá
From the top of the mountain there is a good view of the neighbouring coast and the
Map of a looped walk to Mount Eagle
{{Mountains and hills of County Kerry Mountains and hills of County Kerry Marilyns of Ireland
Blasket Islands
The Blasket Islands ( ga, Na Blascaodaí) are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The last island to hold a significant population, Great Blasket Island, was abandoned in 1954 due ...
.
See also
*List of mountains in Ireland
In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by heigh ...
* List of Marilyns in Ireland
References
External links
Map of a looped walk to Mount Eagle
{{Mountains and hills of County Kerry Mountains and hills of County Kerry Marilyns of Ireland