Boat Cove
Boat Cove is a bay in County Kerry, Munster.Places of Interest
Highlights include Coom Wedge Tomb and Illaunloughan.
Coom Wedge Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coom Wedge Tomb is a prehistoric site, a wedge tomb on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the Skellig Ring, a route in the west of the peninsula.
Illaunloughan
Archaeological site
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. The site is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmagee and Chapeltown.
Portmagee
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2022 of 116. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.
Chapeltown
Village
Photo: Elkringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapeltown is a village on Valentia Island in the south-west of County Kerry. It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away.
Knightstown
Village
Photo: Kmcnamee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island.
Boat Cove
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8459° or 51° 50′ 45″ northLongitude
-10.3593° or 10° 21′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C3FRJWR+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 4297720534OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Boat Cove from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Boat Cove”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alachaí Beag Theas and Alachaí Beag Thuaidh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Faill na Leac and Tráigh Uí Fháilbhe.
County Kerry: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Skellig Michael, Killarney, Tralee, and Dingle.
Curious Bays to Discover
Uncover intriguing bays from every corner of the globe.