Divis
Divis is a hill and area of sprawling moorland north-west of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. With a height of 1,568 ft, it is the highest of the Belfast Hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,568 feet
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Divis Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Mountain and Divis transmitting station.
Black Mountain
Peak
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Mountain is a prominent hill overlooking the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Rising to a height of 1,275 ft, it dominates much of west Belfast and, together with the adjoining Divis mountain, forms part of the Belfast Hills range.
Divis transmitting station
Photo: Rossographer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Divis transmitting station is the main high-power UHF and BBC National FM/DAB station that serves Belfast, County Antrim and parts of County Down.
Corrigan Park
Recreation area
Corrigan Park is a Gaelic games ground on the Whiterock Road in west Belfast that served as the main venue for GAA in Belfast until the opening of Casement Park in 1953.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andersonstown and New Lodge.
Andersonstown
Suburb
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Andersonstown, known colloquially as Andytown, is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition.
New Lodge
Suburb
Photo: Gerry Lynch, CC BY 2.5.
The New Lodge is an urban, working class Catholic community in Belfast, Northern Ireland, immediately to the north of the city centre. The landscape is dominated by several large tower blocks.
Cathedral Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Stuart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a developing area of the city, roughly situated between Royal Avenue near where the Belfast Central Library building is, and the Dunbar Link in the city centre.
Divis
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.61128° or 54° 36′ 41″ northLongitude
-6.01847° or 6° 1′ 7″ westElevation
1,568 feet (478 metres)Open location code
9C6MJX6J+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 332373083OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Divis from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Divis” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Divis”
- Bulgarian: “Дивис”
- Catalan: “Divis”
- Cebuano: “Divis”
- Dutch: “Divis”
- German: “Divis”
- Irish: “Dubhais”
- Irish: “Duibhis”
- Japanese: “ディヴィス山”
- Japanese: “ディビス”
- Ladin: “Divis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Divis”
- Swedish: “Divis”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thornberry and Glencairn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bobby Stone and Standing Stones Lodge Caravan Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Divis”. Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.