Puffin Island (County Kerry)
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Puffin Island (Oileán na gCánóg in Irish) is an uninhabited steep rocky island lying off the coast of the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. The island is about 1.5 km long and 0.7 km wide, and rises to 159 metres. It is separated from the mainland by Puffin Sound, which is only about 250 metres across. 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.[1]
The island also has some signs of ancient human habitation, and it has attracted the interest of archaeologists.
[edit] References
- ^ BirdWatch Ireland. "Puffin Island, Co. Kerry". http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=215. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
Coordinates: 51°50′N 10°25′W / 51.833°N 10.417°W
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