Rocky Island
Rocky Island is located in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Situated between the naval base on Haulbowline Island and the mainland, a gunpowder magazine was constructed on the island by the Board of Ordnance in 1808.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Haulbowline and National Maritime College of Ireland.
Haulbowline
Islet
Photo: Arco Ardon, CC BY 2.0.
Haulbowline is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720. The western side of the island is the main naval base and headquarters for the Irish Naval Service, with the eastern side previously used for heavy industry and later redeveloped as a park.
National Maritime College of Ireland
University
Photo: BordNaMonaLisa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Maritime College of Ireland is a public maritime college located in Ringaskiddy, County Cork, Ireland. It is a constituent college of the Munster Technological University.
Spike Island
Islet
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spike Island is an island of 103 acres in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobh and Ringaskiddy.
Cobh
Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.
Ringaskiddy
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road.
Rushbrooke
Locality
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rushbrooke is a populated area on the western side of Cobh on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It is in the townland of Ringacoltig.
Rocky Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Ireland
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.83743° or 51° 50′ 15″ northLongitude
-8.30174° or 8° 18′ 6″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
9C3HRMPX+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 4555539OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2961746Wikidata ID
Q7355824
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rocky Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rocky Island”
- Dutch: “Rocky Island”
- Irish: “Oileán Cathail”
- Swedish: “Rocky Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ringaskiddy Point and White Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include MaREI Centre and Haulbowline Naval Base Basin.
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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 “Rocky Island”. Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.