Burr Point
Burr Point
An Bior | ||
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County Down | | |
Burr Point is considered the
Island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, at longitude 5.4326ºW, although the monument is at longitude 5.4397ºW. It is a just over a mile (or 2 km) southeast of Ballyhalbert village.[1]
The most easterly point of all Northern Ireland and Ireland is a small unnamed rock next to Cannon Rock, a rock situated 4.08 kilometres off the Ards Peninsula, at longitude 5.42ºW.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Ireland - Geographical facts and figures". Travel through the Ireland story... Retrieved 15 September 2007.
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