Great Sugar Loaf

This page is about the hill in East Wicklow. For its smaller neighbour, see Little Sugar Loaf. For the similarly named hill in West Wicklow, see Sugarloaf, West Wicklow. For other mountains of the same name, see Sugarloaf (mountain).

Great Sugar Loaf
Ó Cualann
The Great Sugar Loaf, from the west
Highest point
Elevation	501 m (1,644 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	216 m (709 ft) ^[1]
Listing	Marilyn
Coordinates	53°9′18″N 6°9′0″W / 53.15500°N 6.15000°W / 53.15500; -6.15000Coordinates: 53°9′18″N 6°9′0″W / 53.15500°N 6.15000°W / 53.15500; -6.15000
Geography
Great Sugar Loaf Location in Ireland
Location	Wicklow, Ireland
Parent range	Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	O237130
Topo map	OSi Discovery 56

The Great Sugar Loaf (Irish: Ó Cualann or Beannach Mhór), also known as the Big Sugar Loaf and often as simply the Sugar Loaf, is a mountain in east County Wicklow in Ireland.

Geography

The mountain is located between Delgany and Kilmacanogue, and just to the north of the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve. The smaller Little Sugar Loaf lies across the N11 road, to the east.

Though only 501 metres (1,644 ft) high, the Great Sugar Loaf's isolation from other hills, steep slopes and volcanic appearance makes it appear much taller than it is. Due to its height relative to the surrounding landscape, the hill qualifies as a Marilyn.

Geology

The Great Sugar Loaf is composed of Cambrian quartzite, in contrast to the rounded mountains to the west, which are made of Devonian granite. Popularly mistaken for a volcano, it is in fact an erosion-resistant metamorphosed sedimentary deposit from the deep sea.

References

1 2 "Dublin/Wicklow Area - Great Sugar Loaf". MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved July 4, 2015.

Gallery

The rocky, steep slopes of the Great Sugar Loaf.
The Little Sugar Loaf from the summit of the Great Sugar Loaf.
Sunrise over the Great Sugar Loaf, as seen from Glencullen, County Dublin.
The Great Sugar Loaf as seen from Powerscourt Estate.
View from the top of Great Sugar Loaf to the sea.

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Mountains and hills of Leinster

List of mountains in Ireland List of mountains and hills of County Dublin

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Cooley Mountains	Clermont Carn Slieve Foy

Slieveardagh Hills	Clomantagh Hill Knocknamuck

Slieve Bloom Mountains	Arderin Barcam Baunreaghcong Carroll's Hill Castleconor Farbreague Garraunbaun Ridge of Capard Stillbrook Hill Wolftrap Mountain

Wicklow Mountains	Annagh Hill Barnaslingan Bray Head Camaderry Camenabologue Carrick Mountain Carrickgollogan Cloghernagh Conavalla Corrigasleggaun Croghan Mountain Cupidstown Hill Djouce Duff Hill Gravale Great Sugar Loaf Keadeen Kilmashogue Kippure Larch Hill Little Sugar Loaf Lobawn Luggala Lugnaquilla Maulin Montpelier Hill Mullacor Mullaghcleevaun Seefingan Slievegad Slievemaan Sugarloaf (West Wicklow) Table Mountain Tibradden Mountain Tonelagee Turlough Hill Two Rock and Three Rock

Others	Brandon Hill Ben of Howth Coppanagh Croghan Hill Dalkey Hill Dún Ailinne Faughan Hill Hill of Allen Hill of Ben Hill of Tara Hill of Uisneach Hill of Ward Killiney Hill Knockeyon Mount Alto Mullaghreelan Mullaghmast Mullaghmeen Naul Hills Shielmartin Hill Slieveboy Slieve na Calliagh Tara Hill

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Great Sugar Loaf

Geography

Geology

See also

References

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