Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael or "Great Skellig" is a small uninhabited island 12 km off the coast of County Kerry in southwest Ireland. Its twin crags, rising to 218 m, have the remains of an ancient monastery perched above an often-roiling sea.
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Skellig Michael
- Type: Church
- Description: UNESCO heritage island off coast of Kerry, Ireland
- Category: island
- Location: County Kerry, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
Latitude 51.7719° or 51° 46' 18.8" north | Longitude -10.5389° or 10° 32' 20" west |
Open Location Code 9C3FQFC6+QC | Elevation 124 metres (407 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID way 79759498 | GeoNames ID 2963869 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Skellig Michael
- Arabic: سكيليغ مايكل
- Armenian: Սքելիգ Մայքլ
- Armenian: Սքելինգ Մայքլ
- Basque: Skellig Michael
- Belarusian: Скеліг-Майкл
- Breton: Sceilig Mhichíl
- Breton: Skellig Michael
- Catalan: Skellig Michael
- Cebuano: Skellig Michael
- Chinese: 斯凯利格·迈克尔
- Chinese: 斯凯利格·迈克尔岛
- Chinese: 斯凱利格·米高島
- Chinese: 斯凱利格·邁克爾島
- Chinese: 斯凱利格·麥可島
- Croatian: Skellig Michael
- Czech: Skellig Michael
- Danish: Skellig Michael
- Dutch: Skellig Michael
- Egyptian Spoken Arabic: سكيليج مايكل
- English: Great Skellig
- Esperanto: Skellig Michael
- Estonian: Skellig Michael
- Estonian: Suur Skellig
- Finnish: Skellig Michael
- French: Skellig Michael
- Gallegan: Sceilg Mhichíl
- Georgian: სკელიგ-მაიკლი
- German: Michaels Felsen
- German: Sceilg Mhichil
- German: Sceilg Mhichíl
- German: Skellig
- German: Skellig Michael
- German: Skelligs
- German: The Skelligs
- Hebrew: סקליג מייקל
- Hindi: स्केलिग माइकल
- Hungarian: Skellig Michael
- Irish: Sceilg Mhichíl
- Irish: Sceilig Mhichil
- Irish: Sceilig Mhichíl
- Irish: Sceilig Mhór
- Italian: Great Skellig
- Italian: Skellig Michael
- Japanese: シュケリッグ・ヴィヒル
- Japanese: スケリッグ・マイケル
- Korean: 스켈리그 마이클
- Lithuanian: Didysis Skeligas
- Macedonian: Михаилова Карпа
- Macedonian: Скелиг Мајкл
- Maithili: स्केलिग माइकल
- Maltese: Skellig Michael
- Maltese: Skellig il-Kbira
- Nepali: स्केलिग माइकल
- Norwegian: Skellig Michael
- Norwegian Bokmål: Skellig Michael
- Norwegian Bokmål: Store Skellig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Great Skellig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sceilig Mhichíl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skellig Michael
- Polish: Skellig Michael
- Portuguese: Skellig Michael
- Russian: Монастырь на острове Скеллиг-Майкл
- Russian: Скеллиг-Майкл
- Scots: Skellig Michael
- Serbian: Мајклова стена
- Serbo-Croatian: Skellig Michael
- Slovak: Skellig Michael
- Spanish: Great Skellig
- Spanish: Skellig Michael
- Swedish: Great Skellig
- Swedish: Skellig Michael
- Turkish: Skellig Michael
- Ukrainian: Монастир на острові Скелліг-Майкл
- Ukrainian: Скелліг-Майкл
- Vietnamese: Skellig Michael
- Waray (Philippines): Skellig Michael
- Skellig Monastery
Other Places Named Skellig Michael
- Skelling RocksCounty Kerry, Ireland
In the Area
Localities
- PointaweelaunLocality
- Ducalla HeadLocality, 13 km east
- Bolus PointLocality, 13 km east
- Bolus HeadLocality, 13 km east
Landmarks
- North PeakPeak
- Great SkelligIslet
- The OratoryRuins
- Great SkelligPeak
Popular Destinations in County Kerry
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