Whiddy Point West

Whiddy Point West is a cape in County Cork, Munster.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bantry Aerodrome and Bantry House.

Bantry Aerodrome

Aerodrome

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 Glengarriff.

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.

Glengarriff

Photo: Valdoria, Public domain.

Glengarriff is a village at the base of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's in an inlet of Bantry Bay, and became a tourist resort in the late 19th century.

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.

Whiddy Point West

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6788° or 51° 40′ 44″ north

Longitude

-9.5351° or 9° 32′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C3GMFH7+GX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3655875511

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lady’s Odell and Muccurragh Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Betelgeuse Incident and Gun Battery.

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