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Ben Gorm

Coordinates: 53°37′30″N 9°43′12″W / 53.625°N 9.720°W / 53.625; -9.720
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Ben Gorm
An Bhinn Ghorm
Ben Gorm from the other side of Killary Harbour
Highest point
Elevation700 m (2,300 ft)[1]
Prominence612 m (2,008 ft)[2]
ListingP600, Marilyn, Hewitt
Coordinates53°37′30″N 9°43′12″W / 53.625°N 9.720°W / 53.625; -9.720
Geography
OSI/OSNI gridL861652

Ben Gorm (Irish: An Bhinn Ghorm, meaning 'the blue peak')[3] is a mountain with a height of 700 metres (2,300 ft)[1] on the north side of Killary Harbour in County Mayo, Ireland. The Ben Gorm mountains also includes two other peaks: Ben Creggan/Binn an Charragáin (693 m),[4] and Maul Laur/Meall Láir or Ben Creggan South Top (687 m).[5]

The Ben Gorm group overlooks Killary Harbour to the south, Fin Lough and Doo Lough to the west (which separate it from the Mweelrea Mountains), Glenummera to the north (which separate it from the Sheeffry Hills), and Glendavock to the east.[1]

Doolough looking southeast towards Ben Creggan

See also

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Media related to Ben Gorm, County Mayo at Wikimedia Commons

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ben Gorm Mountains Area, Ben Gorm. MountainViews.ie.
  2. ^ "Ben Gorm". Peakbagger.
  3. ^ "An Bhinn Ghorm/Ben Gorm". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ^ Ben Creggan. MountainViews.ie.
  5. ^ Ben Creggan South Top. MountainViews.ie.