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Carrauntoohil · 1,039 m · 9.0 km NW
Pass · County Kerry

Moll's Gap

259 m850 ft
Connects
Carrig East – Derrylea
Tonight
8°CHeavy rain · Wind 32 km/h S

Moll's Gap is a mountain pass at 259 m in County Kerry, Ireland. It links Carrig East and Derrylea.

All facts
Saddle
259 m
Lowest point
78 m / 97 m
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Pass

Moll's Gap: the climb from each side

Saddle 259 mCarrig East 78 m+181 m · 2.8 kmDerrylea 97 m+162 m · 1.2 km

Crossed by: N71 Moll's Gap

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Moll's Gap 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Moll's Gap 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 centre

Moll's Gap elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Moll's Gap weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 8°C (46°F) · 15.7 mm · Wind 32 km/h S

Moll's Gap forecast for about 259 m.

  • Tonight8°15.7 mm32 km/h S
  • Sat8°14°24.4 mm42 km/h W
  • Sun8°11°9.8 mm31 km/h SE
  • Mon7°14°24.2 mm36 km/h S
  • Tue9°10°2.2 mm29 km/h W
  • Wed9°13°1.2 mm18 km/h SE
  • Thu8°11°13.6 mm31 km/h SE
  • Fri4°11°4.5 mm13 km/h N
  • Sat3°9°0.4 mm18 km/h NW
  • Sun2°8°0.4 mm12 km/h NW

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Moll's Gap

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Moll's Gap, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km W
Parking1.1 km WSW
Parking2.0 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 70% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
69.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.2%
Steep, 30–45°
3.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
4.2% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
613 m low point 18 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 83.2%Trees 15.4%Water 1.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Moll's Gap.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Derrygarriff492 m 1.1 km E
  2. 2Boughil631 m 2.3 km WSW
  3. 3Peakeen Mountain Far NW Top526 m 2.7 km ESE
  4. 4Peakeen Mountain North-West Top523 m 2.8 km ESE
  5. 5Peakeen Mountain West Top594 m 2.9 km ESE
  6. 6Cnoc na gCapall639 m 3.0 km WSW
  7. 7Mothaillín506 m 3.2 km NNW
  8. 8Bascadh595 m 4.0 km WSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 62 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • White Wagtail6
  • Common heather4
  • Sika Deer3
  • Germander Speedwell3
  • Round-leaved sundew3
  • Common bracken3
Where it sits

Where Moll's Gap sits

Range
MacGillycuddy's Reeks7
Region
County Kerry17Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Downloads

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Sources

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 2026-04-29)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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