Dingle Peninsula

Dingle Peninsula
Corca Dhuibhne
Location of the Dingle Peninsula
Map
Geography
LocationIreland
Adjacent to
Area583 km2 (225 sq mi)
Highest elevation952 m (3123 ft)
Highest pointMount Brandon
Administration
CountyKerry
County council3 seats

Dunmore Head, the westernmost point on the Dingle Peninsula
NASA satellite image of the Dingle Peninsula

The Dingle Peninsula (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny or Corcaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. It ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland.[1]

  1. ^ MacCulloch, JR (1837). Statistical Account of the British Empire (volume 1). London: Charles Knight & Co. p. 345. Retrieved 13 May 2014.