Sheep Island
Sheep Island is an islet in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. Sheep Island is situated nearby to the village Ballintoy, as well as near the locality Giants Cut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballintoy and Ballycastle.
Ballintoy
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballintoy is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, 28 km north-east of Coleraine, 8 km west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills.
Ballycastle
Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballycastle is a small fishing port and beach resort, historically in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Those counties have been abolished so the town is now in Causeway Coast and Glens District, and in 2011 had a population of 5237.
Sheep Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.24856° or 55° 14′ 55″ northLongitude
-6.35214° or 6° 21′ 8″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C7M6JXX+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 4558822OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2638089
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