Maumturks

The Maumturks or Maamturks is a mountain range in , , in the west of . It is a long, broadly-straight range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 187 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Galway, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Maamturks”, “Maaumturks”, “Mamturk Mountains”, and “Maumturk Mountains”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Binn idir an dá Log and Knocknahillion.

Peak
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, sometimes anglicized Benadolug, at 702 metres, is the highest of the Maumturk Mountains in in , . It is at the middle of the long north-west to south-east central spine of the range.

Peak
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is one of the Maumturk Mountains of in , Ireland. At 607 metres, it is the 210th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 256th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.

Peak
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is one of the Maumturk Mountains of in , 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 Maum.

Village
is a village in , . 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…

Locality
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An Mám is a small Gaeltacht village and its surrounding lands in , , .

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or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in , 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 , but it's convenient to describe them here.

Maumturks

Latitude
53.51786° or 53° 31′ 4″ north
Longitude
-9.68647° or 9° 41′ 11″ west
Elevation
187 metres (614 feet)
Open location code
9C5GG897+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14030832908
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
2962674
Wiki­data ID
Q2639406
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Maumturks” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Sléibhte Mhám Toirc”
  • Cebuano: “Maumturk Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Maumturks”
  • French: “Maumturks”
  • Irish: “Sléibhte Mhám Toirc”
  • Italian: “Maumturks”
  • Japanese: “モームターク山地”
  • Ladin: “Maumturks”
  • Lithuanian: “Maumturko kalnai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maumturks”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maamturks”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maumturkfjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maumturks”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Na Sléibhte Mhám Toirc”
  • Norwegian: “Maumturks”
  • Spanish: “Maumturks”
  • Swedish: “Maumturk Mountains”
  • Venetian: “Maumturks”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Maumeen and Tallaghnarhalle.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Culog and Binn idir an dá Log SE Top.

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