Baurtregaum
Sign in to saveBaurtregaum () at , is the 13th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 18th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Baurtregaum is situated at the centre of the massif of the Slieve Mish Mountains on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is the tallest mountain of the Slieve Mish range, with a number of major subsidiary summits.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Baurtregaum
- Mountain.photo
- Baurtregaum, Derrymore Glen.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Baurtregaum and the lakes in Derrymore Glen
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 851
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 643
- Mountain.translation
- top of the three hollows
- Mountain.language
- Irish
- Mountain.location
- Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Slieve Mish Mountains
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.map_relief
- yes
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- Q7498607665
- Mountain.topo
- OSi Discovery 71
- Mountain.listing
- P600, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
- Mountain.type
- Quartz-pebble conglomerate
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Via the Derrymore Glen
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Encyclopedic overview
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Baurtregaum () at , is the 13th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 18th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Baurtregaum is situated at the centre of the massif of the Slieve Mish Mountains on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is the tallest mountain of the Slieve Mish range, with a number of major subsidiary summits.
== Naming == According to Irish academic Paul Tempan, the "three hollows" in the Irish name are probably the valleys of Derrymore (north), Derryquay (north-east) and Curraheen (east), which cut into the sides of the mountain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baurtregaum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations