The Stunakill Bank is a

shoal In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...

approximately

west West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

of The Point of Ayre,

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. The bank is denoted on maritime chart AC 2094 (at position )

Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright ( ; sco, Kirkcoubrie; gd, Cille Chùithbeirt) is a town, parish and a Royal Burgh from 1455 in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which it is traditionally the county town, within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town lies southwest of C ...

to the

Mull of Galloway The Mull of Galloway ( gd, Maol nan Gall, ; ) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula. The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natur ...

; AC 1826 Irish Sea Eastern Part; AC 2696 Ramsey Harbour; SC 5613.21.1 Isle of Man East Coast. Ramsey ; Imray C62 Irish Sea; Imray Y70 Isle of Man (Harbour Plan of Ramsey). Other notable sand bars and banks in the area are the

Whitestone Bank The Whitestone Bank is a sand bank approximately east of The Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. The Whitestone Channel separates the island from the bank. Description The bank is denoted on maritime chart AC 2094 Kirkcudbright to the Mull of Gallow ...

, the

Ballacash Bank The Ballacash Bank is a sand bank Northeast of the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. The currents around the Point of Ayre have, over the millennia formed a series banks stretching out to the east which, it is advised, should be avoided especially in ...

, the

Bahama Bank The Bahama Bank is a sand bank across Ramsey Bay, about off the east coast of the Isle of Man northeast of Maughold Head. Description The bank extends from Northwest to Southeast, is 10 miles long and 1 mile broad. In the late 1840s the Baha ...

and the

King William Banks The King William Banks are a series of sand banks Northeast of Ramsey, Isle of Man. The King William Banks take their name from the stranding, in 1690, of King William III whilst he was en route from the River Dee to Carrickfergus. A story rela ...

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Shoals of the Isle of Man Landforms of the Irish Sea {{IsleofMan-geo-stub