Blasket Islands

The Blasket Islands are an archipelago off the peninsula of . They've had no permanent residents since they were evacuated in 1953, but in summer Great Blasket the largest island has a couple of rangers-cum-caretakers, self-catering cottages, and camping is permitted.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Inishtearaght and Inishtearaght Lighthouse.
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Tearaght Island or is an uninhabited…
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or Inishvickillaun is one of the Blasket Islands of , .

Blasket Islands

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Latitude
52.0833° or 52° 5′ north
Longitude
-10.6167° or 10° 37′ west
Open location code
9C4F39MM+88
Geo­Names ID
2966106
Wiki­data ID
Q881960

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Blasket Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر بلاسكيت”
  • Basque: “Blasket Islands”
  • Basque: “Blasket uharteak”
  • Breton: “Blascaodaí”
  • Breton: “Blasket Islands”
  • Breton: “Blasket”
  • Breton: “Inizi Blasket”
  • Breton: “Na Blascaodaí”
  • Catalan: “illes Blasket”
  • Catalan: “Illes Blasket”
  • Cebuano: “Blasket Islands”
  • Chinese: “布拉斯凱特群島”
  • Danish: “Blasket Islands”
  • Dutch: “Blasket Islands”
  • Dutch: “Blasket-eilanden”
  • Estonian: “Blasketi saared”
  • French: “Iles Blasket”
  • French: “îles Blasket”
  • French: “Îles Blasket”
  • Galician: “Illas Blasket”
  • Galician: “Na Blascaodaí”
  • German: “Blasket Islands”
  • German: “Blasket-Inseln”
  • German: “Blaskets”
  • Irish: “Blascaodaí”
  • Irish: “Na Blascaodaí”
  • Irish: “Na Blascaoidí”
  • Italian: “Blaskets”
  • Italian: “Isole Blasket”
  • Japanese: “ブラスケット諸島”
  • Lithuanian: “Blasketo salos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blasket Islands”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blasketøyene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Na Blascaoidí”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blasketøyane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Na Blascaoidí”
  • Norwegian: “Blasketøyene”
  • Polish: “Blasket Islands”
  • Polish: “Blaskets”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Blasket”
  • Portuguese: “Blasket Islands”
  • Portuguese: “Blaskets Islands”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Blasket”
  • Russian: “Архипелаг Бласкет”
  • Russian: “Бласкет”
  • Russian: “Острова Бласкет”
  • Scots: “Blasket Islands”
  • Spanish: “Islas Blasket”
  • Swedish: “Blasket Islands”
  • Swedish: “Blasketöarna”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะบลาสเก็ต”
  • Turkish: “Blasket Adaları”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Blasket”
  • Western Frisian: “Blasketeilannen”

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