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, 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 6 km east of Snipe Island.

Roundstone

Town

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″ north

Longitude

-9.81652° or 9° 48′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C5GF56M+P9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1315205138

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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