Burr Point
Burr Point is considered the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the Island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, at longitude 5.4326ºW, although the monument is at longitude 5.4397ºW.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyhalbert and Portavogie.
Ballyhalbert
Village
Photo: Michael Parry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyhalbert is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula between Ballywalter and Portavogie.
Portavogie
Village
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portavogie is a village, townland and fishing port in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies within the Ards and North Down Borough and is the easternmost settlement in Ireland.
Kircubbin
Village
Photo: Ronan Magee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village had a population of 1,153 people in the 2011 Census.
Burr Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: easternmost point of the island of Ireland
- Category: landform
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.48885° or 54° 29′ 20″ northLongitude
-5.43451° or 5° 26′ 4″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C6PFHQ8+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 12278856695OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Burr Point” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An Bior”
- Cebuano: “Burr Point (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Burr Point”
- Irish: “An Bior”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burr Point”
- Swedish: “Burr Point (udde)”
- Swedish: “Burr Point”
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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 “Burr Point”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.