Mizen Head

Mizen Head is traditionally regarded as the most southerly point of mainland although is the actual southernmost point. It is at the end of the Mizen Peninsula in the district of Carbery in .
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  • Opening hours: 10:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: point in southwest Ireland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mizen Head Lighthouse and Dunlough Castle.

Lighthouse
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Photo: Dunlough, Public domain.
, standing atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the , looks at the Atlantic Ocean from the extreme southwest point of . is situated 3½ km north of Mizen Head.

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Barley Cove is a bay and beach in , on the south coast of . It is situated close to on the Mizen Peninsula, with or being the nearest villages. is situated 3½ km northeast of Mizen Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Three Castle Head and Crookhaven.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 3½ km north of Mizen Head.

Village
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is a village in , Ireland, on the most southwestern tip of the . With an out-of-season population of about sixty, it swells in the summer season to about four hundred, when the occupants of the seasonal holiday homes arrive. is situated 7 km east of Mizen Head.

Village
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is a small rural village in on the south-western tip of . Farming, tourism and construction work are among the main occupations of the local people. is situated 9 km northeast of Mizen Head.

Mizen Head

Latitude
51.4501° or 51° 27′ 0″ north
Longitude
-9.81976° or 9° 49′ 11″ west
Open location code
9C3GF52J+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2897567898
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q674377
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mizen Head” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mizen Head”
  • Breton: “Carn Uí Néid”
  • Cebuano: “Mizen Head”
  • Chinese: “迈曾角”
  • Czech: “Mizen Head”
  • Czech: “Mizen”
  • Czech: “mys Mizen”
  • Danish: “Mizen Head”
  • Dutch: “Mizen Head”
  • French: “Mizen Head”
  • German: “Mizen-Halbinsel”
  • Irish: “Carn Uí Néid”
  • Italian: “Capo Mizen”
  • Japanese: “ミズンヘッド”
  • Japanese: “ミゼンヘッド”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mizen Head”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mizen Head”
  • Norwegian: “Mizen Head”
  • Portuguese: “Mizen Head”
  • Slovak: “Mizen Head”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Mizen”
  • Swedish: “Mizen Head”
  • Ukrainian: “Мізен-Гед”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mizen Head Bridge and Mizen Head Visitors Centre.

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