Twelve Bens
The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola, is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 651 metres
- Description: mountain range in Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Benna Beola”, “The Twelve Bens”, “Twelve Pins”, and “Twelve Pins of Bennebeola”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benbreen and Bengower.
Benbreen
Peak
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Benbreen at 691 metres, is the 100th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 122nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Benbreen lies in the southern end of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland.
Bengower
Peak
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Bengower at 664 metres, is the 135th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 166th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bengower is in the southern end of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 6th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens.
Benbaun
Peak
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Benbaun is a mountain in County Galway, Ireland. With a height of 729 metres, it is the 72nd highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 88th highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess and Letterfrack.
Recess
Village
Recess is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there… Recess is situated 8 km southeast of Twelve Bens.
Letterfrack
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Letterfrack is a village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, with a population of about 200. In Irish Leitir means a rock-strewn hillside and fraic means speckled, referring to the bright quartzite rocks.
Twelve Bens
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Twelve Bens” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Twelve Bens”
- Cebuano: “The Twelve Pins”
- Dutch: “Twelve Bens”
- French: “Twelve Bens”
- French: “Twelves Bens”
- German: “Twelve Bens”
- Hungarian: “Tizenkét tű hegység”
- Irish: “Beanna Beola”
- Irish: “Na Beanna Beola”
- Italian: “Twelve Bens”
- Italian: “Twelve Pins”
- Japanese: “トゥエルヴ・ベンズ”
- Ladin: “Twelve Bens”
- Lithuanian: “Dvylikos kalnų grandinė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Na Beanna Beola”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Twelve Bens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Na Beanna Beola”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Twelve Bens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Twelve Pins”
- Norwegian: “Twelve Bens”
- Spanish: “Twelve Bens”
- Swedish: “The Twelve Pins”
- Venetian: “Twelve Bens”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Emlaghdauroe and Connemara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glen Coaghan Horseshoe and Bencollaghduff.
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