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Tuskar Rock Air Disaster

Tuskar Rock Air Disaster from directly overhead

Tuskar Rock Air Disaster is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Carrickbyrne Hill stands 286 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sensory Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Erected In Memory of //The 61 victims who died in the //Aer Lingus Viscount "St. Phelim" //Disaster off Tuskar Rock //On the 24th March 1968. //30th Anniversary.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.24877, -6.33193

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Windmill: 0.8 mi
  • Greenore Watch House: 0.9 mi
  • Greenore Point Signal Staff: 0.9 mi
  • Ballyconnor Castle: 1.6 mi
  • Hilltown House: 2.3 mi
Artworks: 42
Beaches: 27
Peaks: 22
  • Shernock Hill/Knocks Hill: 2.9 mi
  • The Chour / The Hill of the Chour: 5.2 mi
  • Carrickadee: 10.8 mi
  • Forth Mountain: 10.8 mi
  • Skeater Rock: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 12
Parks: 11
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • The Rocks: 7.6 mi
  • Republican Garden of Rememberance: 8.6 mi
  • Redmond Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
  • The Irish National Heritage Park: 10.4 mi
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 1
  • The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tuskar Rock Air Disaster. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carrickbyrne HillWNW 294°286.1 m20.8 mi
Carrigroe HillN 354°284 m23.6 mi
Forth MountainWNW 296°237 m10.8 mi
Camaross HillWNW 301°183 m18.1 mi
Oulart HillN 351°180 m18.7 mi
Carrickmastia HillWNW 303°166 m21.0 mi
Boley HillN 358°163 m24.3 mi
Bree HillNW 317°155 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5318:38
June solstice05:0420:5621:51
September equinox07:1218:4219:26
December solstice08:3315:1116:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12142364414

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