Roches Point Automatic Weather Station

Roches Point Automatic Weather Station is a monitoring station in County Cork, Munster. Roches Point Automatic Weather Station is situated nearby to Roche’s Point Lighthouse, as well as near the ruins Roche’s Tower.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roche’s Point Lighthouse and Trabolgan Holiday Village.

Roche’s Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Peter Newbold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roche's Point Lighthouse is situated at the entrance to Cork Harbour, Ireland. A lighthouse was first established on 4 June 1817 to guide ships into Cork Harbour. Roche’s Point Lighthouse is situated 660 metres southwest of Roches Point Automatic Weather Station.

Trabolgan Holiday Village

Resort

Photo: Stardomax, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trabolgan is a self catering holiday village on a 140-acre site which was a former country estate in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork, Ireland. The holiday camp was registered on 1 May 1984 and officially opened on 29 June 1985. Trabolgan Holiday Village is situated 1 km east of Roches Point Automatic Weather Station.

Fort Davis

Military training area

Photo: Guliolopez, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort Davis, is a coastal defence fortification close to Whitegate, County Cork, Ireland. Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchel, Fort Camden, and Templebreedy Battery, the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour. Fort Davis is situated 2 km northwest of Roches Point Automatic Weather Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshaven and Whitegate.

Crosshaven

Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.

Crosshaven is a coastal village in County Cork, with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".

Whitegate

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg. Whitegate is situated 3½ km north of Roches Point Automatic Weather Station.

Ringaskiddy

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. Ringaskiddy is situated 6 km northwest of Roches Point Automatic Weather Station.

Roches Point Automatic Weather Station

Type: Monitoring station
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7982° or 51° 47′ 54″ north

Longitude

-8.25005° or 8° 15′ 0″ west

Operator

Met Éireann

Open location code

9C3HQPXX+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1869021893

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=monitoring_station

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Satellite Map

Discover Roches Point Automatic Weather Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Roche’s Tower and Volcanic Tuff 2 white bay.

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Explore places such as Coastguard Terrace and Lighthouse Terrace.

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