Big Point
Big Point is a cape in County Cork, Munster. Big Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Bocarnagh, as well as near the locality Gun Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garnish Island and Martello Tower.
Garnish Island
Island
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garinish or Garnish Island is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower.
Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glengarriff and Ballylickey.
Glengarriff
Photo: Valdoria, Public domain.
Glengarriff is a village at the base of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's in an inlet of Bantry Bay, and became a tourist resort in the late 19th century.
Ballylickey
Village
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballylickey or Ballylicky is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey.
Bantry
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bantry is a town at the head of Bantry Bay in County Cork in southwest Ireland. In 2022 it had a population of 2900. The southwest coast of Cork is divided into three peninsulas, like claws on the foot of Ireland.
Big Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in County Cork, Ireland
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72397° or 51° 43′ 26″ northLongitude
-9.54335° or 9° 32′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C3GPFF4+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 6589998174OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3297267Wikidata ID
Q26716518
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Big Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Point”
- Swedish: “Big Point (udde i Irland)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bocarnagh and Gun Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Illauncreeveen and The Lawns.
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