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Bencorr

Coordinates: 53°30′N 9°48′W / 53.500°N 9.800°W / 53.500; -9.800
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Bencorr
Binn Chorr
Bencorr from across Lough Inagh.
Highest point
Elevation711 m (2,333 ft)[1]
Prominence304 m (997 ft)[1]
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt
Coordinates53°30′N 9°48′W / 53.500°N 9.800°W / 53.500; -9.800
Geography
Bencorr is located in Ireland
Bencorr
Bencorr
Ireland
LocationGalway, Ireland
Parent rangeTwelve Bens
OSI/OSNI gridL811522
Topo mapOSi Discovery 37

Bencorr (Irish: Binn Chorr, meaning 'Pointed Peak') is a mountain in Galway, Ireland.

Geography

With a height of 711 metres (2,333 ft) it is the second highest mountain in the Twelve Bens after Benbaun and the 101st highest summit in Ireland. It is the second highest mountain in Galway. Writer and cartographer Tim Robinson gave this mountain the alternative name of Binn an Choire Mhóir or peak of the big corrie.

Conservation

The mountain, along with Twelve Bens range, is part of the Connemara National Park.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bencorr, Ireland". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

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