Broken Fort
Dún Briste is a natural sea stack or pilaster – in geomorphology called a stack – off the western coast of Ireland in County Mayo. It consists of sedimentary strata that was deposited during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago.
- Islet
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
- Description: sea stack in Ireland
- Also known as“Dún Briste”“Dun Briste Sea Stack”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
54.32781° or 54° 19′ 40″ north
Longitude
-9.34831° or 9° 20′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C6G8MH2+4M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Assamese to Tagalog—“Broken Fort” goes by many names.
ডান ব্ৰিষ্টAssamese
Dún BristeAsturian
Dún BristeCatalan
Dún BristeCroatian
Dún BristeFinnish
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