Slea Head

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Slea Head, behind the blaskets
The Ranga wreck in 1986

Slea Head ( Irish : Ceann Sléibhe , dt. 'Mountain peak') is a headland in the westernmost Gaeltacht part of the Dingle Peninsula in the southwest of County Kerry in Ireland . The prominent point belongs to the province of Munster and is located on Slea Head Drive ( R559 ), an approx. 47 km long circular route on the peninsula. The nearest villages are Baile Ícín (Ballyickeen) and Com Dhíneol (Coumeenoole).

A white crucifix depicting Jesus Christ and Mother Mary marks a vantage point that offers a wide view of Dingle Bay and the Blasket Islands .

On March 11, 1982, the recently completed Spanish container ship Ranga was destroyed in a storm on its maiden voyage from Santander to Reykjavík and went down at nearby Dunmore Head .

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Panoramic view from Slea Head over Coumeenoole Bay (Tráigh an Choma) to Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of the island of Ireland , behind the Blasket Islands

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Travelogue "Dingle and Slea Head" , derostours.com, accessed on May 13, 2014
  2. ↑ Rick Steves. Dingle Peninsular Loop Trip. From: smithsonianmag.com, April 2009, accessed April 11, 2016
  3. ^ Slea Head and Dunmore Head , Heiko Streich, accessed May 13, 2014
  4. ↑ Data of the shipwreck , naufragio.eu, MV Ranga +1982, accessed 13 Main 2014

Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 52.8 "  N , 10 ° 27 ′ 18"  W.