Knocknagur

Knocknagur is a peak in County Galway, Connacht and has an elevation of 310 metres. Knocknagur is situated nearby to the locality Maumeen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Binn Chaonaigh and Binn Mhairg.

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.

Binn Mhairg

Peak

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Binn Mhairg is a peak.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maum and Recess.

Maum

Locality

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An Mám is a small Gaeltacht village and its surrounding lands in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

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 southwest of Knocknagur.

Leenane

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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.

Knocknagur

Type: Peak with an elevation of 310 metres
Category: landform
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.51796° or 53° 31′ 5″ north

Longitude

-9.62141° or 9° 37′ 17″ west

Elevation

310 metres (1,017 feet)

Open location code

9C5GG99H+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4706664176

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12608480

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