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Skellig Michael

Skellig Michael or "Great Skellig" is a small uninhabited island 12 km off the coast of 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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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: UNESCO heritage island off coast of Kerry, Ireland
  • Historically known as: “Great Skellig”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Skellig and Skellig Michael Lighthouse.

Islet
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is a small, steep rocky island in the Atlantic Ocean, 11 km off the Iveragh Peninsula of , . It is one of the two , together with the larger Skellig Michael.

Lighthouse
Photo: Jibi44, CC BY 2.5.

Skellig Michael

Latitude
51.7713° or 51° 46′ 17″ north
Longitude
-10.5405° or 10° 32′ 26″ west
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
9C3FQFC5+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4564325
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2963869
Wiki­data ID
Q207193
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Satellite Map

Discover Skellig Michael from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Skellig Michael” goes by many names.
  • 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: “kulturní památka Světového dědictví”
  • Czech: “Skellig Michael”
  • Danish: “Skellig Michael”
  • Dutch: “Skellig Michael”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سكيليج مايكل”
  • Esperanto: “Skellig Michael”
  • Estonian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Estonian: “Suur Skellig”
  • Finnish: “Skellig Michael”
  • French: “Skellig Michael”
  • Galician: “Sceilg Mhichíl”
  • Georgian: “სკელიგ-მაიკლი”
  • German: “Michaels Felsen”
  • German: “Sceilg Mhichil”
  • German: “Sceilg Mhichíl”
  • German: “Skellig Michael”
  • German: “Skellig”
  • German: “Skelligs”
  • German: “The Skelligs”
  • Hebrew: “סקליג מייקל”
  • Hindi: “स्केलिग माइकल”
  • Hungarian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Indonesian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Irish: “Sceilg Mhichíl”
  • Irish: “Sceilig Mhichil”
  • Irish: “Sceilig Mhichíl”
  • Irish: “Sceilig Mhór” (historical)
  • 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”
  • Latvian: “Skeligmaikla”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Skeligas”
  • Macedonian: “Михаилова Карпа”
  • Macedonian: “Скелиг Мајкл”
  • Maithili: “स्केलिग माइकल”
  • Maltese: “Skellig il-Kbira”
  • Maltese: “Skellig Michael”
  • Nepali: “स्केलिग माइकल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skellig Michael”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Store Skellig”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Skellig”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sceilig Mhichíl”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skellig Michael”
  • Norwegian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Persian: “اسکیلیگ میچل”
  • Polish: “Skellig Michael”
  • Portuguese: “Skellig Michael”
  • Romanian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Russian: “Монастырь на острове Скеллиг-Майкл”
  • Russian: “Скеллиг-Майкл”
  • Scots: “Skellig Michael”
  • Serbian: “Мајклова стена”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Slovak: “Skellig Michael”
  • Slovenian: “Sceilg Mhichíl”
  • Slovenian: “Skellig Michael”
  • Slovenian: “Skellig”
  • 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”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Skellig Michael”. Photo: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0.