| 词条 | Ox Mountains | ||||||||||||||
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| name=Ox Mountains | other_name=Sliabh Gamh | photo=Ox Mts.jpg | photo_caption= View of the Ox Mountains from Knocknarea | country=Republic of Ireland | region = Connacht |region_type = Provinces of Ireland | parent= | border= | length_km=| length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | highest=Knockalongy | elevation_m=544 | coordinates = {{coord|54|10|N|8|50|W|region:IE_type:mountain|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | geology= | period=| orogeny = | map=island of Ireland | map_caption= }} The Ox Mountains or Slieve Gamph ({{Irish place name|Sliabh Gamh}})[1] are a mountain range in County Sligo on the west coast of Ireland. They are also known as Saint Patrick's Mountains after the saint who built churches on its slopes and left his name to some of its wells.[2] GeographyThe highest peak in the Ox Mountains is Knockalongy, which is {{convert|544|m|ft}} high.[3] The mountains begin immediately southwest of Ballysadare, and run west-southwest for some forty miles to the boundary of County Mayo, where they are continued to the southwest by the Slieve Gamph range, which runs first on the boundary of the two counties, and then into Mayo. The mountains have several summits from 1,200 to 1,800 feet high; and Slieve Gamph reaches 1,363 feet.[4] GeologyGneiss, schist and granite form the bedrock of the Ox Mountains. This wild area of uplands is covered largely with blanket bog. Some parts are extensively forested, whilst others have numerous outcroppings of rock. To the north and south the land is underlain by limestones and sandstones of Carboniferous age, and is generally farmland.[5] Lead and copper mines were formerly worked in the Ox Mountains, but by 1900, the works had been long since discontinued.[4]Peaks
References1. ^Slieve Gamph or the Ox Mountains. Placenames Database of Ireland. {{commonscat}}{{sligo-geo-stub}}{{Mountains and hills of Connacht}}2. ^[https://archive.org/details/historyofsligoto01ororuoft The History of Sligo: Town and County] Terence O'Rorke, p. 3, 1890. 3. ^{{cite web|title=Ox Mountains|work=MountainViews|url=http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=366|accessdate=24 February 2009}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Description of County Sligo from Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)|work=Library Ireland|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Sligo.php|accessdate=24 February 2009}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Walks in the Ox Mountains|work=Geological Survey of Ireland|url=http://www.gsi.ie/Education/Sites+Walks+Field+Trips/Walks+in+the+Ox+Mountains.htm|accessdate=14 August 2011}} 1 : Mountains and hills of County Sligo |
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