Knocknahillion
Knocknahillion is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 607 metres, it is the 210th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 256th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Letterbrickaun and Binn idir an dá Log.
Letterbrickaun
Peak
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Letterbreckaun is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Binn idir an dá Log
Peak
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Binn idir an Dá Log, sometimes anglicized Benadolug, at 702 metres, is the highest of the Maumturk Mountains in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. It is at the middle of the long north-west to south-east central spine of the range.
Binn Chaonaigh
Peak
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Binn Chaonaigh is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 633 metres, it is the fourth-highest of the Maumturks, the 185th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 223rd-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess and Leenane.
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…
Leenane
Photo: El Comandante, Public domain.
Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.
Maum
Locality
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Mám is a small Gaeltacht village and its surrounding lands in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Maum is situated 10 km east of Knocknahillion.
Knocknahillion
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 606 metres
- Description: mountain in Galway, Ireland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.52186° or 53° 31′ 19″ northLongitude
-9.70399° or 9° 42′ 14″ westElevation
606 metres (1,988 feet)Open location code
9C5GG7CW+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 332372783OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Knocknahillion” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Knocknahillion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كنوكناهيليون”
- Irish: “Cnoc na hUilleann”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knocknahillion North Top and Barrlugrevagh.
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