Sperrins
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The Sperrins or Sperrin Mountains (Template:Langx)[1] are a mountain range in Northern Ireland. The range stretches from Strabane and Mullaghcarn in the west, to Slieve Gallion and the Glenshane Pass in the east, in the counties of Tyrone and Londonderry. The landscape is mostly moorland and blanket bog. The region has a population of some 150,000 and is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Features
It has a distinctive glaciated landscape. The mountains mostly have rounded summits and the landscape is mainly moorland and blanket bog. The Glenshane Pass, part of the A6 Belfast to Derry road, is in the mountains and has notoriously bad weather in winter. Sawel Mountain is the highest peak in the Sperrins, and the eighth highest in Northern Ireland. Its summit rises to Script error: No such module "convert".. Another of the Sperrins, Carntogher (464 m), towers over the Glenshane Pass.[2]
Geologically, the Sperrins are formed mostly from Precambrian metamorphic rocks, with some younger Ordovician igneous rocks in the southern flank of the range. The Mountains are very sparsely populated and provide habitat for a diverse range of birds and mammals. Red fox, Sika Deer, Pine Marten and Red Squirrels are commonly found there alongside Peregrine Falcons, Buzzards and Sparrowhawks. Visiting Golden Eagles from the neighbouring reintroduced Donegal population have been sighted across the range from Strabane to Draperstown although no breeding population has yet been established. The Mountains also provide one of the last refuges of Red Grouse in Northern Ireland.
List
| Rank | Name | Irish name[3] | Height[4] | Prominence[4] |
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| 1 | Sawel Mountain | Samhail Phite Méabha ("likeness of Méabh's vulva") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 2 | Mullaghclogha | Mullach Clocha ("summit of the stone") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 3 | Mullaghaneany | Mullach an Ionaidh ("summit of the wonder") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 4 | Meenard | Mín Ard ("high mountain pasture") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 5 | Dart Mountain | An Dairt ("the lump") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 6 | Mullaghasturrakeen | Mullach an Starraicín ("summit of the steeple") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 7 | Mullaghclogher | Mullach Clochair ("summit of the stony patch") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 8 | Oughtmore | Ucht Mór ("big mountain breast") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 9 | Spelhoagh | Speilg Chuach ("cuckoo rock") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 10 | Mullaghdoo | Mullach Dubh ("black summit") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 11 | Carnanelly | Carnán Aichle ("little cairn of the lookout") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 12 | Mullaghmore | Mullach Mór ("big summit") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 13 | Mullaghcarn | Mullach Cairn ("summit of the cairn") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 14 | White Mountain | Sliabh Bán ("white mountain") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 15 | Slieve Gallion | Sliabh gCallann ("mountain of the heights") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 16 | Crockbrack | Cnoc Breac ("speckled hill") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 17 | Mullaghcarbatagh | Mullach Carbadach ("boulder-strewn summit") | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". |
Politics
Sperrin was the name of a proposed United Kingdom constituency in the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[5]
See also
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References
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- ↑ Northern Ireland Place-Name Project
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External links
- Landscapes Unlocked - Aerial footage from the BBC Sky High series explaining the physical, social and economic geography of Northern Ireland.
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