Long Point
Long Point is a cape in County Cork, Munster. Long Point is situated nearby to the locality Corkbeg Island, as well as near Ballincarroonig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aghada Power Station and Spike Island.
Aghada Power Station
Power station
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aghada power station is a gas-fired power station located near the entrance of Cork Harbour in Aghada, County Cork. It was built at this location in order to use gas that had been discovered at the nearby Kinsale Head gas field, from which gas was extracted from 1978 until its depletion in 2020.
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.
Spit Bank Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitegate and Cobh.
Whitegate
Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg.
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.
Crosshaven
Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.
Crosshaven is a coastal village in County Cork, with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".
Long Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83459° or 51° 50′ 5″ northLongitude
-8.24259° or 8° 14′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3HRQM4+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 11586876744OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3294206Wikidata ID
Q26716693
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Long Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Long Point”
- Swedish: “Long Point (udde i Irland)”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Corkbeg Island and Ballincarroonig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aghada BESS 2 and Aghada Battery Plant.
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