Rabbit Island

Rabbit Island is an islet in County Cork, Munster. Rabbit Island is situated nearby to the locality Lady’s Odell, as well as near Ardnabragher.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bantry Aerodrome and Bantry House.

Bantry Aerodrome

Aerodrome

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bantry Aerodrome is a small privately owned airfield 1.5 NM west south-west of Bantry in County Cork, Ireland. It was constructed in the 1970s by the Rowa Pharmaceutical Corporation.

Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Originally built in the early 18th century, it has been owned and occupied by the White family since the mid-18th century.

U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island Ireland

Aerodrome

U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island was a seaplane station operated during the last year of World War I and commissioned 4 July 1918. Located on Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, it was also known as Bantry Bay Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bantry and 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.

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. Ballylickey is situated 5 km northeast of Rabbit Island.

Durrus

Village

Photo: Dreoven, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Durrus is a village and civil parish in West Cork in Ireland. It is situated ten kilometres from Bantry in County Cork, at the head of the Sheep's Head and the Mizen Head peninsulas. Durrus is situated 7 km south of Rabbit Island.

Rabbit Island

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.68498° or 51° 41′ 6″ north

Longitude

-9.49145° or 9° 29′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C3GMGM5+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4554326

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

12104297

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