Burr Point

Place in Down, Northern Ireland
Burr Point
An Bior
Etymology: Irish bior, "point"
54°29′14″N 5°25′58″W / 54.48714°N 5.43291°W / 54.48714; -5.43291
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown
Burial Island off Burr Point

Burr Point is considered the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and 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

  1. ^ a b "Ireland - Geographical facts and figures". Travel through the Ireland story... Retrieved 15 September 2007.
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