Ben Gorm

Ben Gorm (Irish: An Bhinn Ghorm, meaning 'the blue peak')^[3] is a mountain with a height of 700 metres (2,300 ft)^[1] on the north side of Killary Harbour in County Mayo, Ireland. The Ben Gorm mountains also includes two other peaks: Ben Creggan/Binn an Charragáin (693 m),^[4] and Maul Laur/Meall Láir or Ben Creggan South Top (687 m).^[5]

Ben Gorm
An Bhinn Ghorm
Ben Gorm from the other side of Killary Harbour
Highest point
Elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)[1]
Prominence	612 m (2,008 ft)[2]
Listing	P600, Marilyn, Hewitt
Coordinates	53.625°N 9.720°W / 53.625; -9.720
Geography
Ben Gorm County Mayo, Ireland
OSI/OSNI grid	L861652

The Ben Gorm group overlooks Killary Harbour to the south, Fin Lough and Doo Lough to the west (which separate it from the Mweelrea Mountains), Glenummera to the north (which separate it from the Sheeffry Hills), and Glendavock to the east.^[1]

Doolough looking southeast towards Ben Creggan

See also

Media related to Ben Gorm, County Mayo at Wikimedia Commons

• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
• List of P600 mountains in the British Isles
• List of Marilyns in the British Isles
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

References

1. Ben Gorm Mountains Area, Ben Gorm. MountainViews.ie.
2. "Ben Gorm". Peakbagger.
3. "An Bhinn Ghorm/Ben Gorm". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
4. Ben Creggan. MountainViews.ie.
5. Ben Creggan South Top. MountainViews.ie.