Dursey Island
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Dursey Island lies at the southwestern tip of the Beara Peninsula in the west of County Cork in Ireland. Dursey Island is 6.5 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide. The island is separated from the
Aerial view from the east
Standing stones on Dursey
The cable car and Dursey Sound, viewed from Dursey Island (September 2015)
Ecclesiastical ruins and graveyard at Ballynacallagh
Basking shark
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The basking shark is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, baski
Dursey Island
…was destroyed in a storm in 1881 and its remains can still be seen. Cow Rock is home to a number of nesting colonies of seabirds. Dolphins, whales and basking sharks are sometimes seen in the sea off the island. Prehistoric sites have been surveyed on the island, including examples of bullaun and cup-marked stones…
Cetorhinus maximus by greg skomal
Beached basking shark
Head of a basking shark
A basking shark filter feeding