Skehan

Skehan is a hill in , and has an elevation of 78 metres. Skehan is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carrickabraghy Castle and Glashedy.

Castle
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
on a rocky outcrop at the north-western extremity of the , at the head of Pollan Bay, in the north of , a peninsula on the north coast of , Ireland.

Islet
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Island is an uninhabited island approximately 1 mile off Pollan strand, 2 miles west of Trawbreaga Bay, and about 4 miles south of , , . is situated 3 km northwest of Skehan.

Building
is a golf club located in , County Donegal, Ireland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballyliffin and Clonmany.

Village
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Carndonagh is a market town on the Inishowen Peninsula in . With a population of less than 2800 in 2022, it's the largest settlement in the north of the peninsula, which ends at Malin Head the most northerly point on the Irish mainland. is situated 4 km southwest of Skehan.

Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in north-west , in , Ireland. The Urris valley to the west of village was the last outpost of the Irish language in Inishowen. is situated 6 km southwest of Skehan.

Locality
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is the most northerly point of mainland , located in the townland of Ardmalin on the peninsula in . The head's northernmost point is called Dunalderagh at latitude 55.38ºN. is situated 8 km north of Skehan.

Skehan

Latitude
55.30778° or 55° 18′ 28″ north
Longitude
-7.3575° or 7° 21′ 27″ west
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
9C7J8J5V+42
Geo­Names ID
3307757
Wiki­data ID
Q26717105
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Satellite Map

Discover Skehan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Skehan” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Скехан”
  • Cebuano: “Skehan”
  • Dutch: “Skehan”
  • Swedish: “Skehan”

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