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For 50 days, the western coast of Ireland becomes the location of the latest sunset in Europe

On March 14th, Dunmore Head in County Kerry, Ireland, takes over from the last   European sunset at Cabo de Rocha, Portugal. From March 28th to May 3rd, it will be  the turn of Aghernagallagh in County Mayo. After that date, the point of the last  European sunset will shift to Norway.

This information is extracted from the initial results of the Atlantic SUNSET project, which, for the first time, reveals the exact location of the last  European sunset on the Irish coast. This new work conducted by professors Jorge  Mira (University of Santiago de Compostela) and José María Martin-Olalla  (University of Seville) within the Atlantic Sunset project provides new data on the  locations of Europe’s last sunsets.

While an initial study published in 2016 by Jorge Mira focused on the last sunsets on mainland Europe, this new, much broader analysis examines new locations,  including large European islands that were excluded in the previous work. The last  sunsets are an event that only occurs in certain extreme locations on the continent  and islands, with a very specific seasonality. This phenomenon has become a  spectacle that attracts more tourists each year, drawn by the growing demand for  astrotourism, with the intrinsic component of the sustainability of this modality.

ATLANTIC SUNSET Project
The ATLANTIC SUNSET project, led by the CEER Foundation in consortium with 7   other partners from Ireland, Spain, Portugal and France, aims not only to harness  the natural beauty associated with the best and most unique Atlantic sunsets but  also to identify and enhance local endogenous resources associated with the sun,  turning them into heritage attractions. To achieve this, the project will involve  various activities focused on identifying some of the best places to watch sunsets,  conducting studies in collaboration with local communities, tourist agents, and  other development stakeholders, and developing a tourism plan.

Atlantic Area
The Interreg Atlantic Area 2021-2027 is a European funding program that promotes   transnational cooperation in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean, including all  regions of Ireland and Portugal, as well as various French and Spanish regions on  the Atlantic Ocean coast. The mission of the program is to lead the transition  towards a unique, carbon-neutral, climate-resilient Atlantic Region. The program  encourages the integration of sustainable economic development, societal wellbeing,  and  the  preservation  of  biodiversity.

Press contact:

Daniel Fernández Santiago CEER Foundation
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