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Fastnet Rock

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Fastnet Rock (făst`nĭt), islet, Co. Cork, S Republic of Ireland. Its 160-ft (49-m) lighthouse is near the most southerly point of Ireland. It is the marker for the furthest leg of the Fastnet Cup, a yacht race in the Admirals Cup.


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After passing the Fastnet Rock during the night, the seven teams rounded Lizard Point off southwest England before entering the busy shipping zone that is the English Channel enroute to Sweden, organisers said.
The spill, about 50 miles south of Fastnet Rock, off the west Cork coast, was discovered near where a Russian warship was refuelling in the Celtic Sea.
A Russian destroyer, a British destroyer, an Irish Naval vessel and the Russian aircraft carrier remained at the scene of the spill about 50 miles south of Fastnet Rock yesterday, along with an ocean-going tug and two refuelling tankers.
 
 
 
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