Editing Burr Point (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Burr Point
| native_name             = An Bior
| native_name_lang        =ga
| image_skyline           =Burr Point, easternmost point of Ireland - geograph.org.uk - 435784.jpg
| pushpin_map             = Island of Ireland#Northern Ireland#United Kingdom County Down
| etymology               = Irish ''bior'', "point"
| coordinates             = {{coord|54.48714|N|5.43291|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=it}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Northern Ireland]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Irish county|County]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[County Down|Down]]
}}
[[File:Burial Island - geograph.org.uk - 435787.jpg|Burial Island off Burr Point|thumb|right]]
'''Burr Point''' is considered the [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|easternmost point]] of mainland [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Island of Ireland]]. It is located in the [[townland]] of [[Ballyhalbert]] on the [[Ards Peninsula]] in [[County Down]], at longitude 5.4326ºW, although the monument is at longitude 5.4397ºW. It is a just over a mile (or 2&nbsp;km) southeast of Ballyhalbert village.<ref name="BP">{{cite web | title=Ireland - Geographical facts and figures | work= Travel through the Ireland story...| url=http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/geography/extremities.html | access-date=2007-09-15}}</ref>

The most easterly point of all Northern Ireland and Ireland is a small rock named [[Cannon Rock]], a rock situated 4.08 kilometres off the Ards Peninsula, at longitude 5.42ºW.<ref name="BP"/>