Ben Gorm

Mountain in Mayo, Ireland

Ben Gorm is located in Ireland
Ben Gorm
Ben Gorm
County Mayo, Ireland
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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

Media related to Ben Gorm, County Mayo at Wikimedia Commons

References

  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.
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