Fastnet

The Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the eastern reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of the island of Ireland, and lies 6.5 kilometres south-west of and 13 kilometres from on the mainland of the .
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Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: small islet in the Atlantic Ocean
  • Also known as: “Fastnet Rock”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fastnet Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Anthony Patterson, CC BY 2.0.
is a 54-metre-tall lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies 6.5 kilometres southwest of and 13 kilometres from on the Irish mainland.

Fastnet

Latitude
51.38928° or 51° 23′ 21″ north
Longitude
-9.60269° or 9° 36′ 10″ west
Open location code
9C3G99QW+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 348787096
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2964346
Wiki­data ID
Q373978
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Fastnet” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Carraig Aonair”
  • Cebuano: “Fastnet Rock”
  • Chinese: “燈塔島”
  • Dutch: “Fastnet Rock”
  • French: “Fastnet Rock”
  • German: “Fastnet Rock”
  • German: “Fastnet-Felsen”
  • Irish: “Carraig Aonair”
  • Italian: “Fastnet rock”
  • Japanese: “ファストネット・ロック”
  • Japanese: “ファストネット岩礁”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fastnet Rock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fastnet Rock”
  • Norwegian: “Fastnet Rock”
  • Polish: “Fastnet Rock”
  • Portuguese: “Fastnet Rock”
  • Swedish: “Fastnet Rock”

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