Mountain · Comeragh Mountains · County Waterford

Fauscoum

792 m2,598 ft

Prominence: 680 m2,231 ft
Isolation: 41 km
Tonight: 2°CHeavy rain · Wind 34 km/h SW

Fauscoum is a 792 m (2,598 ft) mountain in the Comeragh Mountains, County Waterford, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 792 m · 2,598 ft
Nearest higher peak: Knockmealdown (794 m)
Range: Comeragh Mountains
Region: County Waterford, Ireland
Coordinates: 52.2460° N, 7.5365° W

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3D map

Fauscoum 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Fauscoum terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Fauscoum elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Fauscoum weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 2°C (36°F) · 6.7 mm · Wind 34 km/h SW

Fauscoum forecast for the summit, about 792 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 78 m.

Tonight2°6.7 mm34 km/h SWBase 6°
Sat3°10°12.9 mm57 km/h SWBase 7 / 14°
Sun2°7°8.5 mm45 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
Mon5°11°8.6 mm47 km/h SWBase 9 / 15°
Tue5°7°–30 km/h WBase 9 / 10°
Wed5°9°1.7 mm18 km/h WBase 8 / 13°
Thu8°8°27.3 mm27 km/h SBase 11 / 11°
Fri-1°8°3.6 mm16 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
Sat-1°4°0.5 mm13 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
Sun-2°4°–18 km/h NWBase 2 / 8°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 66% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

65.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.5%

Steep, 30–45°

6.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.5%

Steeper than 30°: 7.6% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view: 710 m low point 78 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 86.7%Trees 12.6%Water 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Fauscoum summit.

Summit list 5

1Knockaunapeebra724 m 1.1 km SSW
2Curraghduff750 m 1.4 km WNW
3Coumfea North Top728 m 2.1 km W
4Carrignagower767 m 2.1 km NNW
5Coumfea742 m 2.3 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.4 km; 103 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Bell Heather13
Purple foxglove8
Common heather8
Common bracken7
Common bilberry6
St Patrick's-cabbage6

Where it sits

Where Fauscoum sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount LeinsterPeak · 796 m66 km NE

Downloads

Fauscoum downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGFauscoum satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-20.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 788 m at the summit; the official height is 792 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	792 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	788 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	786 m	-6 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-20)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia