Sulby Reservoir

The Sulby Reservoir is the largest reservoir or lake in the , with an area of 154 acres.
Wikipedia
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Andy Radcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snaefell and Snaefell Summit railway station.

Peak
Photo: Frank Schuengel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
– is the highest mountain and the only summit above 2,000 feet on the , at 2,037 feet above sea level. The summit is crowned by a railway station, cafe, several communications masts and can be reached by narrow gauge railway.

Railway station
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the upper terminus of the Snaefell Mountain Railway on the and is served by the tramway of the same name.

Peak
Photo: David Radcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, is a peak of 546 metres on the , about 2 km SW of . It is at the southern end of the parish of Kirk Lezayre. It is skirted by the Mountain Course used for the TT races and is near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brandywell and Ballaugh.

Locality
, Isle of Man or is an area of Mountain Lands of heath moorland and coniferous woodland plantations situated in the Northern Upland Massif in the parish of in the .

Village
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the in the parish of the same name, in the sheading of Michael. It is the only village in the parish. The parish adjoins to the north, to the east, Michael to the south and south-west, and the to the west.

Locality
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, one of a handful of better-known vantage points spread around the Snaefell Mountain Course, is situated adjacent to the 31st Milestone roadside marker on the road junction of the primary A18 Mountain Road, the A14 Sulby Glen Road and the road-tramway crossing for the Snaefell Mountain Railway in the parish of Lezayre in the .

Sulby Reservoir

Latitude
54.2672° or 54° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
-4.5015° or 4° 30′ 6″ west
Open location code
9C6Q7F8X+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30112815
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Wiki­data ID
Q149867
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In Other Languages

From Irish to Russian—“Sulby Reservoir” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “Taiscumar Sulby”
  • Lithuanian: “Salbio tvenkinys”
  • Manx: “Doour Sulby”
  • Russian: “Салби”

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