Snipe Island
Snipe Island is an islet in County Galway, Connacht. Snipe Island is situated nearby to the islet Quarry Island, as well as near Limekiln Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bendouglas and Bengower.
Bendouglas
Peak
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Benlettery at 557 metres, is the 259th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benlettery is in the southernmost peak of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 11th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens. Bendouglas is situated 3 km northwest of Snipe Island.
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. Bengower is situated 3½ km north of Snipe Island.
Benglenisky
Peak
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Benglenisky at 516 metres, is the 368th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benglenisky is the second most southern peak, after neighbouring Benlettery, of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the lowest of the core Twelve Bens. Benglenisky is situated 4 km northwest of Snipe Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess and Roundstone.
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 6 km east of Snipe Island.
Roundstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roundstone is a village on the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region of County Galway. Lying opposite the island of Inishnee on Roundstone Bay, by road it is 76 kilometres northwest of Galway and 18 kilometres southeast of Clifden. Roundstone is situated 10 km southwest of Snipe Island.
Snipe Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.46184° or 53° 27′ 43″ northLongitude
-9.81652° or 9° 48′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C5GF56M+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1315205138OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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