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Bengower
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Bengower () at , is the 135th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 166th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bengower is in the southern end of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 6th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens.
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- mountain
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Image
- Summit of Bengower from Benbreen.jpg
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- historic county
- County Galway
- topographic prominence
- 196
- mountain range
- Twelve Bens
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Bengower () at , is the 135th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 166th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bengower is in the southern end of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 6th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens.
==Naming== Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that there is no evidence as to the origin of the "goat" reference, however, he notes that the mountain was mistakenly labelled as "Glengower" in the popular Discovery Map series.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bengower” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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