Baurtregaum is a Hewitt of 850 m in Kerry. Only five of the register's Ireland hills are higher.
Its closest neighbour in this register, Beenoskee, is 16.9 km away. Its drop of 644 m is 76% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 206 m above sea level. In the database's Dingle Peninsula - E of Dingle region it is the highest of four register hills, above Beenoskee, Slievanea and Banoge Mountain. It shares its height of 850 m with Slieve Donard. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Slieve Donard (850 m) and Mullaghcleevaun (846.7 m). Its nearest higher summit, Skregmore East Top (852.1 m, 22.3 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.