Young Island
Young Island is an islet in County Kerry, Munster. Young Island is situated nearby to the locality Garraun Point, as well as near the hamlet Old Town.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in County Kerry, Ireland
- Also known as: “Young’s Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Point and CIIC 178 (Ogham Stone Concept by RAS Macalister).
Castle Point
Archaeological site
Rinn an Chaisleáin or Castle Point is a National Monument on Great Blasket Island, Ireland.
CIIC 178 (Ogham Stone Concept by RAS Macalister)
Historic site
CIIC 178 (Ogham Stone Concept by RAS Macalister) is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garraun Point and Dunmore Head.
Garraun Point
Locality
The Great Blasket is the principal island of the Blaskets, County Kerry, Ireland. It was home to a small fishing community of Irish speakers until the island was evacuated in 1953 when living there became unsustainable.
Dunmore Head
Locality
Dunquin
Village
Dún Chaoin, unofficially anglicised as Dunquin, is a Gaeltacht village in the west of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Dunquin lies at the most westerly tip of the Dingle Peninsula, overlooking the Blasket Islands. Dunquin is situated 4 km northeast of Young Island.
Young Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.11964° or 52° 7′ 11″ north
Longitude
-10.50507° or 10° 30′ 18″ west
Open location code
9C4F4F9V+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Young Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Young Island”
- Irish: “Oileán na nÓg”
- Swedish: “Young Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include High Rock and Theogh Rock North.
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