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Benbrack
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Benbrack () at , is the 251st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale; while it does not have the elevation to be a Vandeleur-Lynam, it has the prominence to rank as a Marilyn. Benbrack is situated on its own small massif to the north of the core Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. It is the 10th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens, and is linked by a deep col to Muckanaght, which is itself attached by a high ridge to the tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, Benbaun at .
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Image
- South face of Benbrack (from Muckanaght).jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 264
- mountain range
- Twelve Bens
- Commons category
- Benbrack
- historic county
- County Galway
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Benbrack () at , is the 251st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale; while it does not have the elevation to be a Vandeleur-Lynam, it has the prominence to rank as a Marilyn. Benbrack is situated on its own small massif to the north of the core Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. It is the 10th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens, and is linked by a deep col to Muckanaght, which is itself attached by a high ridge to the tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, Benbaun at .
==Naming== The name is most likely derived from the lumps of quartzite stones and boulders that are strewn across the summit of Benbrack.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benbrack” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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