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Bencorr
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Bencorr () at , is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. It is the second-tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, after Benbaun ; it lies close to Benbaun, separated only by the third-highest mountain in the range of Bencollaghduff , and the col of Maumina.
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- topographic prominence
- 306
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- native label
- Binn an Choire
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Bencorr () at , is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. It is the second-tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, after Benbaun ; it lies close to Benbaun, separated only by the third-highest mountain in the range of Bencollaghduff , and the col of Maumina.
==Naming== An alternative name for the mountain is Binn an Choire Mhóir, meaning "peak of the big corrie". Binn an tSaighdiúra, the "peak of the soldier", is said to have acquired its name after a sapper working for the Ordnance Survey fell to his death here.
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