Beenoskee

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Beenoskee
Binn os Gaoith
File:Kilcummin, Co. Kerry - geograph.org.uk - 249574.jpg
Part of the mountain viewed from Brandon Bay
Highest point
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Listing Hewitt, Marilyn
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Naming
Translation peak above the wind (Irish)
Geography
Beenoskee is located in island of Ireland
Beenoskee
Beenoskee
Location in Ireland
Location Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Parent range Dingle Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid Q580088

Beenoskee or Benoskee (from Irish: Binn os Gaoith, meaning "peak above the wind")[3] is an 826 m (2,710 ft) mountain on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.

Geography

The mountain is part of the Dingle Mountains, it is the highest of the "Central Dingle" group and the 28th highest in Ireland.[1] It is within the Gaeltacht.

Beenoskee is the highest peak of the Central Dingle massif, which also includes the peaks of Stradbally Mountain (798m), Coumbaun (610m) and Beenatoor (592m).[1] Between Beenoskee and Stradbally Mountain there is a small lake called Loch an Choimín (anglicised Lough Acummeen), which sits at a height of 816m.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 MountainViews.ie
  2. Peakbagger
  3. Placenames Database of Ireland
  4. Ordnance Survey Ireland - Online map viewer