Bantry Bay is a bay located in County Cork, Ireland. The bay runs approximately 35 km (22 mi) from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3-to-4 km wide at the head and 10 km (6.2 mi) wide at the entrance.
Bantry town and bay from Sheskin
19th-century depiction of the battle.
Anchor from the French Armada of 1796, discovered off northeast of Whiddy island, Bantry Bay, 1981