Long Point

Long Point is a cape in , . Long Point is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aghada Power Station and Spike Island.

Power station
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a gas-fired power station located near the entrance of in , . 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.

Islet
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an of 103 acres in , . Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel.

Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The close to in , Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitegate and Cobh.

Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of in , . It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg.

Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a port in Cork Harbour, , in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.

Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.
is a coastal village in , 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

Latitude
51.83459° or 51° 50′ 5″ north
Longitude
-8.24259° or 8° 14′ 33″ west
Open location code
9C3HRQM4+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11586876744
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3294206
Wiki­data ID
Q26716693
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Satellite Map

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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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