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Mountain · MacGillycuddy's Reeks · County Kerry

The Bones

957 m3,138 ft

Prominence: 12 m38 ft
Isolation: 0.2 km
Tonight: 4°CHeavy rain · Wind 35 km/h S

The Bones is a 957 m (3,138 ft) mountain in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 957 m · 3,138 ft
Nearest higher peak: Caher (1,000 m)
Range: MacGillycuddy's Reeks
Region: County Kerry, Ireland
Coordinates: 51.9951° N, 9.7627° W

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3D map

The Bones 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

The Bones terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

The Bones elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

The Bones weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 4°C (39°F) · 14.4 mm · Wind 35 km/h S

The Bones forecast for the summit, about 957 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 66 m.

Tonight4°14.4 mm35 km/h SBase 9°
Sat4°9°18.6 mm48 km/h WBase 10 / 15°
Sun3°6°7.2 mm33 km/h SBase 9 / 11°
Mon3°10°24.0 mm37 km/h SWBase 8 / 15°
Tue5°6°2.4 mm32 km/h WBase 10 / 11°
Wed5°9°0.7 mm16 km/h SWBase 10 / 14°
Thu4°7°11.1 mm32 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
Fri-1°6°6.4 mm13 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
Sat0°5°1.0 mm19 km/h NWBase 5 / 11°
Sun0°4°0.7 mm11 km/h NWBase 5 / 9°

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 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

29.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.6%

Steep, 30–45°

22.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.1%

Steeper than 30°: 25.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 967 m low point 66 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 95.4%Trees 2.6%Water 1.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the The Bones summit.

Summit list 8

1Caher1,000 m 0.3 km ESE
2Carrauntoohil1,039 m 1.5 km ENE
3Beenkeragh1,008 m 1.7 km NE
4Stumpa Barr na hAbhann852 m 2.0 km NNE
5Skregmore848 m 2.1 km N
6Cnoc na Toinne845 m 2.2 km ESE
7Knockbrinnea West Top852 m 2.6 km NE
8Knockbrinnea East Top845 m 2.7 km NE

Where it sits

Where The Bones sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gap of DunloePass · 241 m9.0 km ENE

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

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Print & wall

JPGThe Bones satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-29.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 960 m at the summit; the official height is 957 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	957 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	960 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	944 m	-12 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 2026-04-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · Wikipedia