Slievemaan

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Slievemaan
Sliabh Meáin
Slievemaan.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 759 m (2,490 ft) [1]
Prominence 54 m (177 ft) [1]
Listing Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates 52°57′32″N6°29′12″W / 52.958821°N 6.486565°W / 52.958821; -6.486565 Coordinates: 52°57′32″N6°29′12″W / 52.958821°N 6.486565°W / 52.958821; -6.486565
Geography
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Slievemaan
Location in Ireland
Location Wicklow, Ireland
Parent range Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid T017918 [1]
Topo map OSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain type Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule [1]

Slievemaan (Irish : Sliabh Meáin, meaning 'Middle mountain') [2] at 759 metres (2,490 ft), is the 54th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] and the 70th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Slievemaan is situated in the southwen sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925 metres (3,035 ft), Wicklow's highest mountain. [6] Slievemaan lies at the southern end of the Glen of Imaal. [6] [7]

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To the west of Slievemaan is the subsidiary peak of Ballineddan Mountain652 metres (2,139 ft), whose prominence of 27 metres (89 ft) qualifies it as a Vandeleur-Lynam. [5]

Slievemann is sometimes confused with the other Wicklow mountain of Slieve Maan which is lower at 548 metres (1,798 ft). [2]

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