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Beenkeragh
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Beenkeragh or Benkeeragh () is the second-highest peak in Ireland, at . It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Beenkeragh also gives its name the infamous Beenkeragh Ridge, the narrow rocky arete between Beenkeragh and Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Beenkeragh
- Mountain.other_name
- Binn Chaorach
- Mountain.image
- Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Binn Chaorach (Beenkeragh) - geograph.org.uk - 1434441.jpg
- Mountain.image_caption
- Beenkeragh as viewed from the summit of Carrauntoohil; with the Beenkeragh Ridge (left)
- Mountain.image_size
- 240px
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1008.2
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 90.85
- Mountain.location
- County Kerry, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- MacGillycuddy's Reeks
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.map_size
- 200
- Mountain.listing
- Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- V801852
- Mountain.topo_map
- OSI Discovery 78
- Mountain.type
- Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)
- Mountain.easiest_route
- via ''Hag's Tooth Ridge''
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climbing
- See also
- References
- External links
Beenkeragh or Benkeeragh () is the second-highest peak in Ireland, at . It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Beenkeragh also gives its name the infamous Beenkeragh Ridge, the narrow rocky arete between Beenkeragh and Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain.
== Geography ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beenkeragh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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