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Encyclopedia > Tuskar Rock

Coordinates: 52°12.175′N 6°12.445′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

For the air disaster, see Aer Lingus Flight 712.

The Tuskar Rock is a group of rocks surmounted by a lighthouse off shore of the south east coast of County Wexford, Ireland. It is suggested to be the most dangerous navigational hazard on the Irish coast [1]. Flight 712, operated by Aer Lingus crashed on route from Cork to London on March 24th 1968 with the loss of 61 passengers and crew. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... County Wexford (Contae Loch Garman in Irish) is a maritime county in the southeast of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. ...


External links

  1. ^ Commissioners of Irish Lights - Tuskar Rock light (HTML). Commissioners of Irish Lights (1997-12-31). Retrieved on 2006-12-16.

 

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