Sheep’s Head
Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary, is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.
- Type: Locality
- Description: headland in Ireland
- Also known as: “Sheep Head”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sheep’s Head Lighthouse and Lough Akeen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Three Castle Head.
Three Castle Head
Locality
Sheep’s Head
- Category: cape
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.54089° or 51° 32′ 27″ north
Longitude
-9.85162° or 9° 51′ 6″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9C3GG4RX+99
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Sheep’s Head” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sheep’s Head”
- Breton: “Rinn Mhuintir Bháire”
- Bulgarian: “Мунтерварй”
- Cebuano: “Muntervary”
- Dutch: “Sheep’s Head”
- French: “Sheep’s Head”
- Hebrew: “ראש הכבשה”
- Irish: “Rinn Mhuintir Bháire”
- Italian: “Sheep’s Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheep’s Head”
- Polish: “Sheep’s Head”
- Slovak: “Sheep’s Head”
- Swedish: “Muntervary”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Cove and Scahagan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lough Akeen Lake View and Ballyroon Mountain.
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