Benbreen | |
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Binn Braoin | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 691 m (2,267 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 186 m (610 ft)[1] |
Listing | 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°30′00″N 9°50′04″W / 53.500006°N 9.834523°W[1] |
Naming | |
English translation | Braon's peak |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | County Galway, Ireland |
Parent range | Twelve Bens |
OSI/OSNI grid | L7831151547 |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 37 |
Geology | |
Rock type(s) | Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top bedrock[1] |
Benbreen (Irish: Binn Braoin, meaning 'Braon's Peak')[2] at 691 metres (2,267 ft), is the 100th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 122nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4][5] Benbreen lies in the southern end of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. Benbreen is the 4th-tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, after Benbaun 729 metres (2,392 ft), Bencorr 711 metres (2,333 ft), and Bencollaghduff 696 metres (2,283 ft).[5][6] Benbreen's profile is of a "high narrow rocky ridge with several summits", than a typical "peaked mountain".[7]
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