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Malin Head

Malin Head is the most northerly point of mainland , located in the townland of Ardmalin on the peninsula in . The head's northernmost point is called Dunalderagh at latitude 55.38ºN.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: most northern part of mainland Ireland
  • Also known as: “Mhálanna Cionn”

Malin Head

Latitude
55.38109° or 55° 22′ 52″ north
Longitude
-7.37383° or 7° 22′ 26″ west
Open location code
9C7J9JJG+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262459231
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2962718
Wiki­data ID
Q303076
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Malin Head” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Malin Head”
  • Breton: “Cionn Mhálanna”
  • Cebuano: “Malin Head”
  • Chinese: “馬林角”
  • Chinese: “马林角”
  • Czech: “Cionn Mhálanna”
  • Czech: “Malin Head”
  • Dutch: “Malin Head”
  • French: “Malin Head”
  • German: “Malin Head”
  • Irish: “Cionn Mhálanna”
  • Italian: “Capo Malin”
  • Japanese: “マリン・ヘッド”
  • Korean: “말린곶”
  • Manx: “Cionn Mhálanna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malin Head”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Malin Head”
  • Norwegian: “Malin Head”
  • Polish: “Malin Head”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Malin”
  • Swedish: “Malin Head”
  • Ukrainian: “Малін-Хед”

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