Sheep Island
Sheep Island is an uninhabited grassy island of around 15 acres, located just over 1⁄4 mile from the shore of Walney Island, opposite Snab Point. It is one of the Islands of Furness and is in Westmorland and Furness in Cumbria in northwest England.- Islet
- Description: island in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Places of Interest
Discover Piel Island and Piel Castle.
Piel Castle
Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile…
South Walney
South Walney is one of two nature reserves on Walney Island, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roa Island and Biggar.
Roa Island
Roa Island lies just over half a mile south of the…
Biggar
Biggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria, England.
2 miles northwest of Sheep Island
Sheep Island
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Latitude
54.0649° or 54° 3′ 54″ north
Longitude
-3.20196° or 3° 12′ 7″ west
Open location code
9C6R3Q7X+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Polish—“Sheep Island” goes by many names.
האי שיפHebrew
האי שיפ (אנגליה)Hebrew
Sheep Island i EnglandNorwegian Nynorsk
Sheep IslandPolish
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Localities in the Area
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