Broken Fort

Dún Briste is a natural sea stack or pilaster – in geomorphology called a stack – that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago.
Wikipedia
Photo: Bargode, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: sea stack in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Dun Briste”, “Dún Briste”, and “Dun Briste Sea Stack”

Broken Fort

Latitude
54.32781° or 54° 19′ 40″ north
Longitude
-9.34831° or 9° 20′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C6G8MH2+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 472294380
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q117263484
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Satellite Map

Discover Broken Fort from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Tagalog—“Broken Fort” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “ডান ব্ৰিষ্ট”
  • Asturian: “Dún Briste”
  • Catalan: “Dún Briste”
  • Croatian: “Dún Briste”
  • Finnish: “Dún Briste”
  • German: “Dún Briste”
  • Hausa: “Dún Briste”
  • Irish: “Dún Briste”
  • Spanish: “Dun Briste”
  • Spanish: “Dún Briste”
  • Tagalog: “Dun Briste”

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