Mizen Head
Mizen Head is traditionally regarded as the most southerly point of mainland Ireland although Brow Head is the actual southernmost point. It is at the end of the Mizen Peninsula in the district of Carbery in County Cork.
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in southwest Ireland
- Also known as: “mys Mizen” and “ミズンヘッド”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mizen Head Lighthouse and Dunlough Castle.
Dunlough Castle
Photo: Dunlough, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Three Castle Head and Crookhaven.
Three Castle Head
Locality
Crookhaven
Village
Goleen
Village
Mizen Head
- Category: landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44895° or 51° 26′ 56″ north
Longitude
-9.82165° or 9° 49′ 18″ west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
9C3GC5XH+H8
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mizen Head” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mizen Head”
- Breton: “Carn Uí Néid”
- Cebuano: “Mizen Head”
- Chinese: “迈曾角”
- Czech: “Mizen”
- Danish: “Mizen Head”
- Dutch: “Mizen Head”
- French: “Mizen Head”
- German: “Mizen-Halbinsel”
- Irish: “Carn Uí Néid”
- Italian: “Capo Mizen”
- Japanese: “ミゼンヘッド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mizen Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mizen Head”
- Norwegian: “Mizen Head”
- Polish: “Mizen Head”
- Portuguese: “Mizen Head”
- Slovak: “Mizen Head”
- Spanish: “Cabo Mizen”
- Swedish: “Mizen Head”
- Ukrainian: “Мізен-Гед”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cloghane and Caher.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Illaunnacaheragh and Mizen Peak.
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