Haulbowline
Haulbowline is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720. The western side of the island is the main naval base and headquarters for the Irish Naval Service, with the eastern side previously used for heavy industry and later redeveloped as a park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arco Ardon, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Ireland
- Also known as: “Hawlbowline”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rocky Island and Cobh.
Rocky Island
Islet
Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rocky Island is located in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Situated between the naval base on Haulbowline Island and the mainland, a gunpowder magazine was constructed on the island by the Board of Ordnance in 1808.
Cobh
Railway station
Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh, County Cork. It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre. It is the terminus of the on Cork–Cobh section of the Cork Suburban Rail line.
Spike Island
Islet
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spike Island is an island of 103 acres in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobh and Rushbrooke.
Cobh
Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.
Rushbrooke
Locality
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rushbrooke is a populated area on the western side of Cobh on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It is in the townland of Ringacoltig.
Ringaskiddy
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road.
Haulbowline
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.84116° or 51° 50′ 28″ northLongitude
-8.30118° or 8° 18′ 4″ westElevation
8 metres (26 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE HAUOpen location code
9C3HRMRX+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 4555538OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Haulbowline from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Haulbowline” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Inis Sionnach”
- Cebuano: “Haulbowline Island”
- Dutch: “Haulbowline”
- Finnish: “Haulbowline”
- French: “Haulbowline”
- Irish: “Inis Sionnach”
- Japanese: “ホールボーリン島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haulbowline”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haulbowline”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inis Sionnach”
- Norwegian: “Haulbowline”
- Polish: “Haulbowline”
- Russian: “Холбоулин”
- Swedish: “Haulbowline Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ringaskiddy Point and White Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, UCC and Haulbowline Naval Base Basin.
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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 “Haulbowline”. Photo: Arco Ardon, CC BY 2.0.