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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4725,Lat: 51.8937
Elevation	57 meter above sea level
Local time	14:58:45pm
Population	119000 (2nd largest city in country)
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	South-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cork City
Name	Evergreen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blarney	7.7 km	NorthWest
2 Ballygarvan	7.9 km	South
3 Ballincollig	8.8 km	West
4 Whitechurch	10.3 km	North
5 Carrigaline	10.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	219 km	NorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	346 km	NorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	367 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Cork lies at the Celtic Sea (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Western. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Guitane (2.4 km² at a height of around 76 meter above sea level) at a distance of 64.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 256.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 359 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cork Airport (at a distance of 6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

29.6 km2

37.8%

Urban area

42.6 km2

54.3%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cork in country Ireland

Cork at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	142 km	West
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	292 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cork Harbour SPA	IE	2.7 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Cork
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cork

Type of weather in Cork	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam