Loop Head
Loop Head, is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland. Loop Head is marked by a prominent lighthouse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles W Glynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loop Head Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilbaha.
Kilbaha
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilbaha is a small fishing village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located close to the western end of the Loop Head peninsula on the R487 road. Kilbaha is situated 4½ km east of Loop Head.
Loop Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: peninsula on the west coast of Ireland
- Categories: peninsula, human settlement, and cape
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.55952° or 52° 33′ 34″ northLongitude
-9.93811° or 9° 56′ 17″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
9C4GH356+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 28751423OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2962823Wikidata ID
Q777099
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Loop Head” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Loop Head”
- Breton: “Ceann Léime”
- Chinese: “鲁普角”
- Dutch: “Loop Head”
- French: “Loop Head”
- Irish: “Ceann Léime”
- Italian: “Capo Loop”
- Japanese: “ループ・ヘッド半島”
- Japanese: “ループヘッド灯台”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loop Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loop Head”
- Norwegian: “Loop Head”
- Polish: “Loop Head”
- Polish: “Loop”
- Russian: “мыс Луп-Хед”
- Spanish: “Cabo de Loop”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dermot and Grania’s Rock and Gull Island.
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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 “Loop Head”. Photo: Charles W Glynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.