Carnsore Point
Carnsore Point is a headland in the southeast corner of County Wexford, Ireland. It marks the southernmost point of the Irish Sea, on the western side of St George's Channel.- Type: Locality
- Description: Headland in Ireland
- Also known as: “Carn tSoir”, “Carn tSóir”, “Carnscore Point”, and “Carnsore Point / The Point of Carne”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadway and Tacumshane.
Broadway
Village
Broadway is a small village in the townland of Grange… Broadway is situated 5 km north of Carnsore Point.
Tacumshane
Village
Tacumshane or Tacumshin is a small village and civil… Tacumshane is situated 6 km northwest of Carnsore Point.
Kilrane
Village
Kilrane is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. Kilrane is situated 8 km north of Carnsore Point.
Carnsore Point
- Category: cape
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.17299° or 52° 10′ 23″ north
Longitude
-6.36372° or 6° 21′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C4M5JFP+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Carnsore Point” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carnsore punta”
- Breton: “Ceann an Chairn”
- Cebuano: “Carnsore Point”
- Chinese: “康索尔角”
- Dutch: “Carnsore Point”
- French: “cap de Carnsore”
- French: “Cap de Carnsore”
- Irish: “An Carn”
- Irish: “Ceann an Chairn, Loch Garman”
- Manx: “Ceann an Chairn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carnsore Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carnsore Point”
- Norwegian: “Carnsore Point”
- Polish: “Carnsore Point”
- Polish: “Carnsore”
- Spanish: “Carnsore Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Carnsore”
- Swedish: “Carnsore Point”
- Ukrainian: “Карншор”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Карншор”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Giant’s Oven and The West Rock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hole of the Forlorn and St. Vauk’s Stone.
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Worth a closer look: Wexford and Enniscorthy.
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