Burr Point
Burr Point
An Bior | |
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Geographic point | |
| Etymology: Irish bior, "point" | |
Burr Point Location within island of Ireland Burr Point Location within Northern Ireland Burr Point Location within County Down | |
| Coordinates: 54°29′14″N 5°25′58″W / 54.48714°N 5.43291°W | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Down |
| Townland | Ballyhalbert |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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image_skyline. Replace with image.Burr Point is considered the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the Island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, at longitude 5.4326ºW, although the monument is at longitude 5.4397ºW. It is a just over a mile (or 2 km) southeast of Ballyhalbert village.
The most easterly point of all Northern Ireland and Ireland is a small rock named Cannon Rock, a rock situated 4.08 kilometres off the Ards Peninsula, at longitude 5.42ºW.