2017

J3377 : The Antrim Road and Napoleon's Nose

taken 7 years ago, 4 km N of Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

The Antrim Road and Napoleon's Nose
The Antrim Road and Napoleon's Nose
The Antrim Road is a major arterial route and area of housing and commerce that runs from inner city north Belfast to Dunadry. It forms part of the A6 road, a traffic route which links Belfast to Derry.

The hill in the background is Cave Hill (sometimes written as Cavehill), a basaltic hill which overlooks the city of Belfast. The hill is also referred to locally as Napoleon's Nose, as when seen in silhouette the summit is said to resemble a gigantic profile of the emperor Napoleon staring upwards (LinkExternal link Belfast Telegraph). It is also sometimes said that Cave Hill was inspiration for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Swift imagined that the Cave Hill resembled the shape of a sleeping giant safeguarding the city.

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Geographical Context: Uplands Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ60 Road: A6 other tags: Hill Cave Hill Napoleons Nose Antrim Road Double Decker Buses Ulsterbus Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Major Arterial Route and Area of Housing [2] ·
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J3377, 17 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 26 May, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 26 July, 2017
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 331 775 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:37.7354N 5:56.3492W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 331 774
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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