Helvick

Helvick
View from Ballyvoile out to Helvick Head
View from Ballyvoile out to Helvick Head
Helvick is located in Ireland
Helvick
Helvick
Coordinates: 52°03′13″N 7°32′12″W / 52.053615°N 7.536734°W / 52.053615; -7.536734
Age380 million years
GeologyOld Red Sandstone

Helvick or Helvick Head (Irish: Heilbhic, Ceann Heilbhic, Old Norse: Hellavík) is a headland on the southern end of Dungarvan Harbour, Ireland; it is the eastern tip of the Ring Peninsula.[1][2][3]

Formed of Old Red Sandstone, it is the easternmost protrusion of a ridge that begins near Cork City.[4]

Royal National Lifeboat Institution station
  1. ^ "Through the Gaeltacht and to the sea". The Irish Times. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Helvick Head - Ireland Highlights".
  3. ^ "eOceanic". eoceanic.com.
  4. ^ "Old Red Sandstone". University College Cork.