Across the Col of Despondency, lies another subsidiary peak of Maumturkmore , also known as (meaning white peak), whose geology is a complex mix of marbles, metavolcanics, schists, and grits. Immediately to the south of Maumturkmore is the steep v-shaped col of Maam Turk, (, meaning pass of the boar), from which the entire range bears its name, and south of which lies the quartzite peaks of the central spine of the Maumturks range, starting with Letterbreckaun, the 2nd-highest peak in the range at .