Blue Stack Mountains
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Refimprove Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Irish English Template:Infobox mountain range The Blue Stack Mountains<ref>Blue Stack Mountains Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2013-03-19</ref> or Bluestack Mountains, also called the Croaghgorms (Template:Irish place name), are the major mountain range in the south of County Donegal, Ireland. They provide a barrier between the south of the county, such as Donegal Town and Ballyshannon, and the towns to the north and west such as Dungloe and Letterkenny. The road between the two parts of the county goes through the Barnesmore Gap.
The highest mountain in the range is Croaghgorm, which is Template:Convert high. Nearby summits include Ardnageer (Template:Cvt, Croaghanirwore (Template:Cvt), Croaghbarnes (Template:Cvt), Croaghblane (Template:Cvt), Croaghnageer (Template:Cvt), Croveenananta (Template:Cvt), Gaugin Mountain (Template:Cvt), Lacroagh (Template:Cvt), Lavagh More (Template:Cvt) and Lavagh Beg (Template:Cvt).<ref>Croaghgorm MountainViews. Retrieved: 2013-03-19.</ref> Silver Hill (Template:Cvt), is the smallest mountain in Ireland to meet the 600 m threshold for a Simms classification.
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- Eglish Valley - geograph.org.uk - 1418132.jpg
Eglish Valley
- Binnasruell, Croaghgorm - geograph.org.uk - 954574.jpg
Binnasruell
- Donegal and Sligo from the International Space Station 2013-03-17.jpg
The Blue Stacks from earth orbit (top right)