Chimpanzee Island
Chimpanzee Island is an islet in Dublin, Leinster. Chimpanzee Island is situated nearby to the islet Mangabey Island, as well as near Western lowland gorilla.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Presidential Residence and Grangegorman Military Cemetery.
The Presidential Residence
Government office
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Áras an Uachtaráin, formerly the Viceregal Lodge, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Ireland. The estate is located off Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, with the building's design being credited to amateur architect Nathaniel Clements but more likely guided by professionals and completed around 1751 to 1757. The Presidential Residence is situated 530 metres west of Chimpanzee Island.
Grangegorman Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: RustyTheDog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grangegorman Military Cemetery is a British military cemetery in Dublin, Ireland, located on Blackhorse Avenue, parallel to the Navan Road and beside the Phoenix Park. Grangegorman Military Cemetery is situated 250 metres east of Chimpanzee Island.
Ashtown Castle
Castle
Photo: Frank Winkelmann, CC BY 3.0.
Ashtown Castle is a tower house in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was found hidden within the walls of a much larger and more recent Georgian building, the Under Secretary's Lodge also known as Ashtown Lodge, that was being used by the Papal Nuncio until 1978. Ashtown Castle is situated 1½ km northwest of Chimpanzee Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cabra and Oxmantown.
Cabra
Suburb
Photo: Darren J. Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabra is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city in Ireland. It is approximately 2 kilometres northwest of the city centre, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.
Oxmantown
Suburb
Oxmantown was a suburb on the opposite bank of the Liffey from Dublin, in what is now the city's Northside. It was founded in the 12th century by Hiberno-Norse Dubliners or "Ostmen" who either migrated voluntarily or were expelled from inside of the city walls of Dublin after the Anglo-Norman invasion and the 1171 beheading of Hasculf, the last Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin by the invading army.
Stoneybatter
Suburb
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stoneybatter, is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman.
Chimpanzee Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: shrubland, locality, and landform
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.36002° or 53° 21′ 36″ northLongitude
-6.30937° or 6° 18′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C5M9M6R+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 779124197OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrubOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chimpanzee and Mangabey Island.
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