Английская Википедия:Benbreen

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Irish English Шаблон:Infobox mountain Benbreen (Шаблон:Irish place name) at Шаблон:Convert, is the 100th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 122nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Benbreen lies in the southern end of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. Benbreen is the 4th-tallest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, after Benbaun Шаблон:Convert, Bencorr Шаблон:Convert, and Bencollaghduff Шаблон:Convert. Benbreen's profile is of a "high narrow rocky ridge with several summits", than a typical "peaked mountain".

Naming

Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that Шаблон:Lang-ga can mean "drip" or "drop", but is more likely related to a personal name, and is the basis of the local surnames Шаблон:Lang-ga and Шаблон:Lang-ga, which have been anglicised as "Breen" and "McBreen".

Geography

The actual summit of Benbreen lies on the southern end of a long high rocky quartzite ridge that includes the subsidiary peaks of Benbreen Central Top Шаблон:Convert, and Benbreen North Top Шаблон:Convert; this gives Benbreen the profile of a "high narrow ridge", with Benbreen as the South Top, than a typical "peaked mountain". Benbreen Central Top's prominence of Шаблон:Convert, and Benbreen North Top's prominence of Шаблон:Convert, qualify them both as Vandeleur-Lynams on the Irish mountain classification system.

Benbreen lies between the summits of Bencollaghduff Шаблон:Convert to the north, and Bengower Шаблон:Convert to the south, and its southerly ridge down to the col with Bengower (known as Шаблон:Lang-ga, or "pass of the wind" at 470 metres), is noted for its large deposits of scree.

Benbreen's prominence of Шаблон:Convert qualifies it as a Marilyn, and it also ranks it as the 60th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold is 100 metres.

Recreation

Hill walking

Benbreen is most often climbed as part of the popular 16–kilometre 8–9 hour Glencoaghan Horseshoe, considered one of Ireland's best high-grade hill-walking routes. Benbreen is also climbed as part of the even longer Owenglin Horseshoe, a 20–kilometre 10–12 hour route around the Owenglin River taking in over twelve summits;

Rock climbing

Benbreen's northeastern cliffs have multi-pitch rock-climbs with grades from Diff (D) to Moderate Severe (MS), and length ranging from 40 to 130 metres. Some of the first ascents date from the mid 1980s, and noted routes include Blind Faith (S 3a, 4a, 3a, 80 m), and Stoned & Starving (S -, 4a, 75 m).

Gallery

• Bengower (left) and Benbreen (right), from the summit of Bencollaghduff

  Bengower (left) and Benbreen (right), from the summit of Bencollaghduff

• Benbreen and its southern scree slopes, from the summit of Bengower

  Benbreen and its southern scree slopes, from the summit of Bengower

• Bengower (left), Benbreen's high summit ridge (centre), and Bencollaghduff (right)

  Bengower (left), Benbreen's high summit ridge (centre), and Bencollaghduff (right)

• Benbreen's mini-massif and summit ridge, from Bencorr

  Benbreen's mini-massif and summit ridge, from Bencorr

• Benbreen's northeast face (see rock climbing), viewed from the col of Maumina with Benbaun

  Benbreen's northeast face (see rock climbing), viewed from the col of Maumina with Benbaun

Bibliography

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See also

• Twelve Bens
• Mweelrea, major range in Killary Harbour
• Maumturks, major range in Connemara
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
• List of Marilyns in the British Isles
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Benbreen
• MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
• The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH