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Whitegate

Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of in , . It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg.
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  • Type: Village with 1,150 residents
  • Description: village in County Cork, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Whitegate, County Cork”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aghada Power Station and Spike Island.

Power station
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a gas-fired power station located near the entrance of in , . It was built at this location in order to use gas that had been discovered at the nearby Kinsale Head gas field, from which gas was extracted from 1978 until its depletion in 2020.

Islet
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an of 103 acres in , . Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel. is situated 4 km west of Whitegate.

Lighthouse
Photo: Peter Newbold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roche's Point Lighthouse is situated at the entrance to , . A lighthouse was first established on 4 June 1817 to guide ships into Cork Harbour. is situated 4 km southwest of Whitegate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshaven and Cobh.

Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.
is a coastal village in , with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".

Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a port in Cork Harbour, , in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.

Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Ireland. It is located on the western side of , south of , and is 15 kilometres from city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. is situated 6 km west of Whitegate.

Whitegate

Latitude
51.82549° or 51° 49′ 32″ north
Longitude
-8.23205° or 8° 13′ 55″ west
Population
1,150
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE WHI
Open location code
9C3HRQG9+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1460186110
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2960952
Wiki­data ID
Q4468449
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Whitegate” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Whitegate”
  • Cebuano: “Whitegate”
  • Dutch: “Whitegate, County Cork”
  • Dutch: “Whitegate”
  • German: “Whitegate”
  • Irish: “An Geata Bán, Contae Chorcaí”
  • Irish: “An Geata Bán”
  • Russian: “Уайтгейт”
  • Russian: “Уайтгит”
  • Spanish: “Whitegate”
  • Swedish: “Whitegate”

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Highlights include Aghada BESS 2 and Long Orchard.

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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 “Whitegate”. Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.