Historic site · Ireland
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox on a Box, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates53.32411, -6.24254
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Fox on a Box: 0.2 mi
- #Try: 0.3 mi
- Night & Day: 0.4 mi
- Rotharian Rhythm: 0.4 mi
- Richard Crosbie Statue: 0.5 mi
Attractions
- The MART Gallery: 0.9 mi
- Lock C2: 0.9 mi
- The Giant's Garden: 1.2 mi
- National Library of Ireland: 1.3 mi
- Sweny's Pharmacy: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 4.5 mi
- Kilmashogue: 5.2 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Two Rock Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Tibradden Mountain: 6.1 mi
Parks
- Ranelagh Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Triangle Seating Park area: 0.5 mi
- St. Mary's Park: 0.7 mi
- Dartmouth Square: 0.7 mi
- Mountpleasant Square Park: 0.7 mi
Museums: 54
- National Print Museum: 0.8 mi
- Georgian House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Irish Architectural Archive: 1.0 mi
- Museum of Literature Ireland: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of Ireland, Natural History: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 52
- Donnybrook Buzz Shelter: 0.5 mi
- Trinity College Dublin Botanical Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Paul's Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bulldog's Field: 1.3 mi
- Chemistry Garden: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 46
- Kathleen Goodfellow: 0.3 mi
- Eoin MacNeill: 0.3 mi
- Donnybrook Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- IRA Memorial: 0.6 mi
- The Arthur Morrison Monument: 0.6 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 0.6 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 3.3 mi
- Saint John's Well: 3.3 mi
- Saint James' Well: 5.3 mi
- Rag Well: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 27
- Sandymount Strand: 1.4 mi
- Merrion Strand: 1.7 mi
- Seapoint: 3.9 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 4.8 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- The Grove: 0.3 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 2.1 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 3.7 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Hawk Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Lover's Leap: 10.3 mi
- The Shaft: 11.9 mi
- Streaky Slab: 12.0 mi
- Bracket Slab: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Toni's: 3.2 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 14.8 mi
- BBQ Area: 18.2 mi
- Poplar Square: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Ernest Shackleton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 200° | 757 m | 10.7 mi |
| Djouce | S 180° | 726 m | 13.4 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 211° | 723 m | 10.6 mi |
| War Hill | S 182° | 685 m | 12.7 mi |
| Carrigvore | SSW 194° | 682 m | 13.8 mi |
| Seahan | SW 218° | 647 m | 9.4 mi |
| Tonduff | S 185° | 642 m | 11.3 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 213° | 621 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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