Inishtooskert
Sign in to saveInis Tuaisceart (sometimes spelled Inishtooshkert) (Inis Tuaisceart in Irish) is the northernmost of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Inis Tuaisceart
- Islands.image_name
- Inishtooskert Sunset.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Sunset over Inis Tuaisceart, from Great Blasket
- Islands.map
- island of Ireland
- Islands.native_name
- Inis Tuaisceart
- Islands.native_name_link
- Irish language
- Islands.location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Blasket Islands
- Islands.area_acre
- 241
- Islands.elevation_m
- 226
- Islands.country
- Ireland
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Munster
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Kerry
- Islands.population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Blasket Islands
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kerry
- Elevation
- 172
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Inis Tuaisceart (Inishtooskert) - geograph.org.uk - 220149.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 172
- Commons category
- Inis Tuaisceart
- historic county
- County Kerry
- native label
- Inis Tuaisceart
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Nature
- In culture
- Photo gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Inis Tuaisceart (sometimes spelled Inishtooshkert) (Inis Tuaisceart in Irish) is the northernmost of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland.
== Etymology == The Irish name means "northern island" and the English name is a phonetic spelling of the Irish name. The island is also known as An Fear Marbh (the dead man) or the sleeping giant due to its appearance when seen from the east (as in the photograph).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inishtooskert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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