Caher or Caher East Top () at , is the third-highest peak in

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, on the Irish

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and Vandeleur-Lynam classifications. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in

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Geography

Caher is Ireland's third-highest peak. The mountain lies to the southwest of Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest peak at , in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Caher is often climbed as part of the '' Coomloughra Horseshoe'', which takes 6–8 hours and is described as "one of Ireland’s classic ridge walks". It takes in the circuit of neighbouring peaks of Caher West Top, Carrauntoohil, The Bones, Beenkeragh, and Skregmore. On Caher's western slopes is the

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

of Derrynafeana (). Climbers refer to the narrow path that runs along the top of Caher West Top and neighboring Caher, as the ''Caher Ridge''. Caher is the 200th–highest mountain in Britain and Ireland on the Simm classification. Caher is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34

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, which is a mountain above in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a

Munro A Munro (; ) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevi ...

(e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or ''furth'') Scotland;''Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths''
at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013. which is why Caher is sometimes referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros. Caher's prominence qualifies it to meet the

classification, and the British Isles Simm and Hewitt classifications. Caher does not appear in the MountainViews Online Database, '' 100 Highest Irish Mountains'', as it is below the required the prominence threshold of .Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, Caher East Top

References

External links

MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website
Caher

the largest database of British Isles mountains (" DoBIH")
Hill Bagging UK & Ireland
the searchable interface for the DoBIH
Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map ViewerLogainm: Placenames Database of Ireland
{{Mountains and hills of Munster Mountains and hills of County Kerry Furths One-thousanders of Ireland

Geography

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