Benbaun
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.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 729 metres
- Description: mountain in Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Ben baun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benfree and Bencollaghduff.
Bencollaghduff
Peak
Bencollaghduff at 696 metres, is the 93rd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 115th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencollaghduff is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Letterfrack and Recess.
Letterfrack
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.Recess
Village
Recess, officially Sraith Salach, is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is within the Connemara Gaeltacht, beside Glendollagh Lough, and near the foot of Lissoughter Hill. The N59 road passes through it. Recess is situated 9 km southeast of Benbaun.
Benbaun
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.52125° or 53° 31′ 17″ north
Longitude
-9.83171° or 9° 49′ 54″ west
Elevation
729 metres (2,392 feet)
Open location code
9C5GG5C9+F8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Benbaun” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Binn Bhán”
- Breton: “Binn Bhán”
- Cebuano: “Benbaun (bukid, lat 53,52, long -9,83)”
- Cebuano: “Benbaun”
- Dutch: “Benbaun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بينباون”
- French: “Benbaun”
- Irish: “An Bhinn Bhán”
- Irish: “Bhinn Bhán”
- Irish: “Binn Ban”
- Irish: “Binn Bhan”
- Ladin: “Benbaun”
- Lombard: “Binn Bhán”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benbaun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Binn Bhán”
- Spanish: “Binn Bhan”
- Spanish: “Binn Bhán”
- Swedish: “Benbaun”
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