Boa Island
Local name: Inis Badhbha
Located in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Coordinates: 54°31′00″ N 7°50′00″ W
- Elevation
- 56 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- CFN Donegal Airport67 km
- LDY City of Derry Airport73 km
About Boa Island
Boa Island is an island. Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Boa Island (from Irish Badhbha) is an island near the north shore of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles (26 km) from Enniskillen town. It is the largest island in Lough Erne, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) long, and relatively narrow. The A47 road goes through the length of the island and joins each end of the island to the mainland by bridges leading west toward Castle Caldwell and east toward Kesh.
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Climate of Boa Island
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 174 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 18°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- November (174 mm)
- Driest month
- April (92 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 171 | 127 | 129 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 107 | 125 | 142 | 172 | 174 | 170 |
How to get to Boa Island
The nearest airport is Donegal Airport (CFN), 67 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) (93 km). The nearest large city is Belfast, 124 km to the east.
Airports
- Donegal Airport (CFN) Donegal 67 kmnorthwest
- City of Derry Airport (LDY) Derry, Derry and Strabane 73 kmnortheast
- Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) Charlestown 93 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Belfast Population: 348K 124 kmeast
- Dublin Population: 1M 168 kmsoutheast
- Limerick Population: 102.3K 213 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 273 kmnortheast
- Cork Population: 224K 295 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Boa Island
Within 100 km: 154 historic and cultural sites, 756 natural sites, 1,161 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km150 places
- Inishteige Island 23 kmSW
- Station Island Island 10 kmN
- Rooney’s Island Island 23 kmNW
- Inishkeen Island 23 kmW
25–60 km947 places
- Strandhill Beach Beach 57 kmSW
- Inishmurray Island 54 kmW
- Gull Island Island 58 kmNW
- Coney Island Island 55 kmSW
60–100 km974 places
- Island Roy Island 75 kmN
- Benone Beach Beach 95 kmNE
- Portstewart Strand Beach 100 kmNE
- Lisfannon Beach Beach 68 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Termon River River, United Kingdom2.1 km NW
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Bannus Lough Lake, County Donegal3.8 km NW
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Drumgun Lough Lake, County Donegal4.2 km NW
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Lough Navarnan Lake, County Donegal5.2 km NW
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Shean Mountain, Fermanagh and Omagh6.4 km SW
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Crockadrin Mountain, County Donegal7.6 km NW
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Lough Ultan Lake, County Donegal6.9 km NW
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Lough Namnamurrive Lake, County Donegal7 km NW
Sources & licences
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