Keadeen Mountain

Keadeen Mountain
View from Rathdangan in south
Highest point
Elevation653 m (2,142 ft)
Prominence334 m (1,096 ft)
Listing100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates52°57′02″N 6°34′53″W / 52.95056°N 6.58139°W / 52.95056; -6.58139
Naming
Native nameCéidín
English translationflat-topped hill
Geography
Keadeen Mountain
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Wicklow, Ireland
Parent rangeWicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridS9539489764
Topo mapOSi Discovery 62
Geology
Mountain type(s)Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule

Keadeen Mountain (Irish: Céidín, meaning 'flat-topped hill') at 653 metres (2,142 ft), is the 152nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 184th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Keadeen is situated at the far southwestern end of the Wicklow Mountains range, separated from the large massif of Lugnaquilla on its own small isolated massif with Carrig Mountain 571 metres (1,873 ft); it overlooks the Glen of Imaal from the south.