Lugnaquilla

Infobox Mountain
Name=Lugnaquilla
"Log na Coille"
Photo = Peaklug.jpg
Caption = Lugnaquilla as seen from Camara Hill
Elevation=925 m (3,035 ft)
Location=Wicklow, IRL
Range = Wicklow Mountains
Prominence=838 m
Ranked 21st in Ireland and Great Britain
Parent peak = Carrauntoohil
Topographic

north coord = 52.966
west coord = 6.463
Grid_ref_Ireland=T032917
Listing=Marilyn, Hewitt
Translation= Hollow of the wood
Language=Irish

Lugnaquilla ( _ga. Log na Coille, meaning "Hollow of the Wood") is the highest mountain in Leinster and the 13th highest Irish peak.cite web |url=http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=13&ids=summit_view&sumview_option=sumview_info |title=Lugnaquilla |publisher=Mountainviews.ie |accessmonthday=January 15 |accessyear=2007] It is the highest peak in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland, and is one of Ireland's fourteen mountains over 3,000 ft, with an elevation of 925 m (3,035 ft). [ [http://www.osi.ie/mapping/FAQ/mountains.shtml Ordnance Survey Ireland :: Mapping :: Aerial photography ] ] Views, on a clear day extend east across the Irish Sea to the hills of the Llŷn Peninsula and mountains of Snowdonia in Wales.

Its proximity to the capital, Dublin, ensures that Lugnaquilla is a frequently climbed mountain. The most popular approaches to "Lug", as it is affectionately known, are via Glenmalure and the Glen of Imaal. Lugnaquilla is a bulky mountain, with a large plateau-type summit, bounded on two sides by steep glacial corries (the North and South Prisons).

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*Computer generated summit panoramas [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/IRL/Lugnaquillia-N.gifNorth] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/IRL/Lugnaquillia-S.gifSouth] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas.html index]