Benbreen
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 691 metres
- Description: mountain in Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Ben Breen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bengower and Benbaun.
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
Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Bencollaghduff
Peak
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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 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 Benbreen.
Letterfrack
Photo: Chalky Lives, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Benbreen
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.50004° or 53° 30′ 0″ northLongitude
-9.83453° or 9° 50′ 4″ westElevation
691 metres (2,267 feet)Open location code
9C5GG528+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 332372615OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Benbreen” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бенбрен”
- Cebuano: “Benbreen”
- Dutch: “Benbreen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بينبرين”
- Irish: “Binn Bhraoin”
- Irish: “Binn Braoin”
- Swedish: “Benbreen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maumgeeha and Luggatarriff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Benbreen Central Top and Benbreen North Top.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Benbreen”. Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.