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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3318,Lat: 51.8492
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	7:16:18am
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	South-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cork
Name	Monkstown Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cobh	2.2 km	East
2 Carrigaline	5.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Carrigtohill	8 km	NorthEast
4 Ballygarvan	9.5 km	West
5 Cork	10.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	216 km	NorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	346 km	NorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	357 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Monkstown lies at the Celtic Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Western. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Gur (0.8 km² at a distance of 75.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 259.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 363 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cork Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.8%

Wet nature

6.2 km2

9.9%

Agriculture

41.6 km2

66%

Urban area

10.6 km2

16.9%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monkstown in country Ireland

Monkstown at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	152 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	242 km	NorthEast
3 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	282 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cork Harbour SPA	IE	0.7 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Monkstown

Type of weather in Monkstown	fog
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:02 Europe/Amsterdam