Binn Chaonaigh
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Binn Chaonaigh (Irish for "peak of the moss")[2] is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 633 metres (2,077 ft), it is the fourth-highest of the Maumturks,[3][4] the 185th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list,[5] and the 223rd-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.[6][3] It is in the middle sector of the long north-west to south-east spine of the Maumturks.
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Binn Chaonaigh | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 633 m (2,077 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 108 m (354 ft)[1] |
Listing | Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°30′10″N 9°39′29″W[1] |
Naming | |
English translation | peak of the moss |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | County Galway, Ireland |
Parent range | Maumturks |
OSI/OSNI grid | L9003751562 |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 37 |
Geology | |
Type of rock | Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top bedrock[1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Via pass of Maumean |
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