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Ben Crom
Binn Chrom
Ben Crom mountain
Highest point
Elevation	526 m (1,726 ft)^[1]
Prominence	81 m (266 ft)^[1]
Listing	Myrddyn Dewey
Coordinates	54°09′58″N 5°59′26″W / 54.166233°N 5.990448°W / 54.166233; -5.990448^[1]
Naming
English translation	curved/stooped peak
Language of name	Irish
Geography
Ben Crom Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland
Location	County Down, Northern Ireland
Parent range	Mournes
OSI/OSNI grid	J31300 26000
Topo map	OSNI Discoverer 29

Ben Crom (from Irish Binn Chrom, meaning 'curved/stooped peak') is a 526 metres (1,726 ft) mountain in the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated beside Ben Crom Reservoir, which is upstream from Silent Valley Reservoir. The mountain is composed of granite.^[1]^[2] An exposed area on the south west of the mountain shows where the Eocene aplitic granite meets the laccolith top of the older Mesozoic granite ring dike. The summit of the mountain features granite crags which are crossed by basic and feldspar porphyry dikes. The mountain is used for sheep grazing and hill walking.^[3]

View of Ben Crom (centre), Silent Valley Reservoir (bottom) and Ben Crom Reservoir (top right) from Slievenaglogh. Slieve Bearnagh is in the top left of the photo.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mourne Mountains Area - Ben Crom". Mountain Views. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ Evans, Emyr Estyn (1967). Mourne Country: Landscape and Life in South Down. Dundalgan P. p. 38.
^ "Mournes - Ben Crom". Habitats.org.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

v t e Mountains and hills of Ulster
Lists of mountains in Ireland
Antrim Hills	Slemish Tievebulliagh Scawt Hill Trostan
Belfast Hills	Black Mountain Cavehill Carnmoney Divis Slieve True
Blue Stacks	Croaghgorm
Derryveagh	Seven Sisters Aghla Beg Aghla More Ardloughnabrackbaddy Crocknalaragagh Errigal Mackoght Muckish
Inishowen	Slieve Snaght Raghtin More
Keenaght Hills	Binevenagh Donald's Hill Loughermore
Mournes	Ben Crom Slieve Bearnagh Slieve Beg Slieve Binnian Slieve Commedagh Slieve Corragh Slieve Croob Slieve Donard Slievelamagan Slieve Muck
Sperrins	Benbradagh Mullaghcarn Mullaghmore Sawel Slieve Gallion
Southwest Donegal	Slieve League
Others	Belmore Mountain Benaughlin Cuilcagh Fair Head Knock Iveagh Slieve Beagh Slieve Gullion Slieve Rushen

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