Puffin Island (County Kerry)
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| Native name: Oileán na gCánóg | |
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| File:Puffinisland1.jpg
Puffin Island, with the Skelligs in the background
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| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Length | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
| Width | 0.7 km (0.43 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 159 m (522 ft)[1] |
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| Province | Munster |
| County | Kerry |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Puffin Island | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1] |
| Prominence | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1] |
| Listing | Marilyn |
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| OSI/OSNI grid | V339677 |
Puffin Island (Oileán na gCánóg in Irish) is an uninhabited steep rocky island lying off the coast of the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.
Geography
The island is about 1.5 km long and 0.7 km wide, and rises to 159 metres.[1] It is separated from the mainland by Puffin Sound, which is only about 250 metres across. Day visits to the island from Valentia can be arranged.[2]
Nature conservation
Puffin Island holds important populations of several seabird species, including Atlantic puffins, Manx shearwaters and European storm-petrels, and was acquired as a nature reserve by the Irish Wildbird Conservancy (now BirdWatch Ireland) in the early 1980s.[2]
History
The island also has some signs of ancient human habitation, and it has attracted the interest of archaeologists.
References
Photo gallery
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Puffin Island.jpg
Puffin Island from mainland
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Puffin Island - geograph.org.uk - 505985.jpg
Puffin Islandand, in the distance to its left, Valentia Island
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Nature and Wildlife of Puffin Island on www.discoverireland.ie
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