INFOMAR Celebrates Heritage Week 2025 with Daily Coastal Highlights

Charles Fort, Kinsale

As part of Heritage Week 2025, INFOMAR is sharing a special series of daily posts from August 16th to 23rd, each one spotlighting an iconic coastal heritage site in Ireland. Through stunning imagery, bathymetric data, 3D models, and historical context, the posts explore how the land and sea together tell the story of Ireland’s past.

This year's theme, “Exploring Our Foundations”, resonates deeply with INFOMAR’s mission to map and understand Ireland’s seabed. Each feature combines marine science with cultural heritage, offering new perspectives on familiar places.

 

Figure 1: Coastal heritage sites around Ireland.

 

Here’s what to expect each day:

  • Aug 16 – Skellig Michael: Bathymetry and topographic views reveal the dramatic setting of this monastic UNESCO World Heritage site.
  • Aug 17 – Dún Aonghasa: Seabed mapping at the base of Inis Mór’s Iron Age fort shows its powerful coastal position.
  • Aug 18 – Hook Lighthouse: Aerial footage of R.V. Geo surveying near one of the world’s oldest working lighthouses.
  • Aug 19 – RMS Lusitania: Bathymetric data and a link to RMS Lusitania: The Story of a Wreck, a detailed multidisciplinary publication.
  • Aug 20 – Dalkey Island: Bathymetry and a 3D model from the CHERISH Project explore the island’s strategic and geological features.
  • Aug 21 – Valentia Island: BlueScale imagery highlights this historically connected island and its role in early global communications.
  • Aug 22 – Cliffs of Moher and The Burren: Seabed images reveal the dramatic underwater extensions of Ireland’s best-known cliffs.
  • Aug 23 – Charles Fort, Kinsale Harbour: A story map explores centuries of maritime defence and harbour history.

 

Stay tuned to our social media channels including LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/infomar-seabed-mapping

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INFOMAR is Ireland’s national seabed mapping programme, funded by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment and jointly managed by Geological Survey Ireland and the Marine Institute. Its mission is to map the seabed of Ireland and deliver a complete bathymetric dataset to support sustainable marine management into the future.