Kedge Island

Kedge Island is an islet in County Cork, Munster. Kedge Island is situated nearby to the locality The Gearauns, as well as near Ballylinchy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunasead Castle and Baltimore Lifeboat Station.

Dunasead Castle

Castle

Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunasead Castle, sometimes known as Baltimore Castle, is a 17th-century fortified house situated in the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. The tower house is built on the site of an earlier Norman-era structure, which itself replaced an earlier Bronze Age ringfort. Dunasead Castle is situated 3 km northwest of Kedge Island.

Baltimore Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: Charles W Glynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Baltimore Lifeboat Station is located at Bull Point, near Baltimore, a town approximately 85 km south west of Cork, on the south-west tip of County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland. Baltimore Lifeboat Station is situated 3½ km northwest of Kedge Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltimore.

Baltimore

Photo: georama, CC BY 3.0.

Baltimore is a village in County Cork near the southwest tip of Ireland. The harbour is large, and sheltered by islands - several are inhabited and are also described on this page.

Kedge Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in County Cork, Ireland
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.46296° or 51° 27′ 47″ north

Longitude

-9.34368° or 9° 20′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C3GFM74+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4554688

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2963546

Wikidata ID

Q26715896

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Satellite Map

Discover Kedge Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kedge Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Kedge Island”
Irish: “Oileán Dhúlaing”
Swedish: “Kedge Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Gearauns and Ballylinchy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include S.S. Alondra and Ballylinchy Signal Tower.

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