Killary Fjord
Killary Harbour or Killary Fjord is a fjord or fjard on the west coast of Ireland, in northern Connemara. To its north is County Mayo and the mountains of Mweelrea and Ben Gorm; to its south is County Galway and the Maumturk Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: Sea inlet (fjord or fjard) between Counties Galway and Mayo, Ireland
- Also known as: “Hillary Harbor”, “Killary Bay”, and “Killary Harbour”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Delphi and Leenane.
Delphi
Locality
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delphi is a locality in County Mayo, Ireland. Its English name was coined by the Marquis of Sligo, who built a hunting lodge there. The valley includes the Owengar River that connects Fin Lough to Doo Lough, between the fjord of Killary Harbour to the south…
Leenane
Photo: El Comandante, Public domain.
Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.
Killary Fjord
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.59948° or 53° 35′ 58″ northLongitude
-9.78195° or 9° 46′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C5GH6X9+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10582653038OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2963368Wikidata ID
Q1741345
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Killary Fjord” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Killary estuarioa”
- Cebuano: “Killary Harbour”
- Chinese: “基拉里峡湾”
- Dutch: “An Caolaire Rua”
- Dutch: “An Caoláire Rua”
- Dutch: “Killary Harbour”
- French: “Killary Harbour”
- German: “Killary Harbour”
- German: “Killary-Fjord”
- Irish: “An Caoláire Rua”
- Italian: “Killary harbour”
- Italian: “Killary Harbour”
- Japanese: “キラリー湾”
- Lithuanian: “Kilario fjordas”
- Lithuanian: “Kilario krantinė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Killary Harbour”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “An Caoláire Rua”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Killary Harbour”
- Polish: “Killary Harbour”
- Russian: “Киллари (бухта)”
- Russian: “Киллари”
- Swedish: “Killary Harbour”
- Turkish: “Killary Limanı”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ardnagollum and Gubacooneen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Illaunballa and Killary Adventure Company.
County Mayo: Must-Visit Destinations
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