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The Belfast Barge

The Belfast Barge from directly overhead

The Belfast Barge is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Thanksgiving Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 4.6 miles off.

The story

museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Dates from 2011.

Wikidata Q113363768, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.59869, -5.92057

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • May's Meadow: 0.2 mi
  • May's Meadow: 0.2 mi
  • Titanic Memorial Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Belfast City Hall Grounds: 0.4 mi
  • Navigation Buoys Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
  • Francis Calder Commemorative Fountain: 0.2 mi
  • Belfast City Hall: 0.4 mi
  • Starboard Mark: 0.5 mi
  • Junction Mark: 0.5 mi
  • Port Mark: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Museums: 38
Nature reserves: 19
Springs: 11
Beaches: 7
  • Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Seapark Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Brompton Bay: 10.6 mi
  • Skippingstone Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Browns bay walk: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Limestone Quarry: 3.3 mi
  • Cave Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 4.3 mi
  • Ballygalley Head: 21.0 mi
  • Spinkanee: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of The Belfast Barge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve CroobS 187°534 m18.0 mi
DivisWNW 283°478 m4.0 mi
Agnew's HillN 358°474 m17.1 mi
SlieveniskyS 185°446 m18.6 mi
CratlieveS 191°429 m18.6 mi
Douglas TopNNW 343°402 m18.8 mi
SlievegarranS 187°391 m19.9 mi
Black MountainW 278°389 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2717:4918:37
June solstice04:4821:0422:05
September equinox07:0918:3819:25
December solstice08:4514:4716:00

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/296927506

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