Rotten Island
Rotten Island is a small island close to the entrance of Killybegs Harbour, an inlet of Donegal Bay, in County Donegal, Ireland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rotten Island Lighthouse.
Rotten Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: louise price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rotten Island Lighthouse is a harbour light to light the passage from St. John's Point to inner channel and past the rocks to the anchorage within Killybegs Harbour, Donegal Bay, Ireland. It is operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killybegs and Dunkineely.
Killybegs
Town
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Killybegs is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is the largest fishing port in all of Ireland, North and South. It is located on the south coast of the county, north of Donegal Bay, near Donegal Town.
Dunkineely
Village
Photo: Brian Herrity, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunkineely is a small village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated 11 miles from the town of Donegal and 6 mi from Killybegs on the N56 National secondary road. Dunkineely is situated 5 km east of Rotten Island.
Kilcar
Village
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cill Charthaigh is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 regional road in the south-west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres and a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. Kilcar is situated 10 km west of Rotten Island.
Rotten Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in County Donegal, Ireland
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.61472° or 54° 36′ 53″ northLongitude
-8.44028° or 8° 26′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C6HJH75+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 316316528OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rotten Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rotten Island”
- Dutch: “Rotten Island”
- French: “Rotten Island”
- Irish: “An tOileán Bréan”
- Swedish: “Rotten Island”
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