Talk:Valentia Island
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[edit] Europe's most westward inhabited place
Reykjavík and much of populated Iceland lies farther west than Valentia.
The coordinates seem to be slightly off, I recommend 51 deg, 54 min, 16.86 seconds N, 10 deg, 21 min, 23.96 seconds W. hth 128.102.107.89 20:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The name
Shouldn't you mention why an Irish island has the same name as a Spanish city?! Even if its just phonetic translation 157.190.228.23 (talk) 15:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed. Where did the name come from? Peter Clarke (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- Well, it's nothing to do with Spanish city, just a coincidence. And note that it's normally Valentia with a T, not Valencia with a C. It comes from the Irish An Bhaile Inse = settlement on the island, pronounced (roughly) Val-in-sha. Probably should be explained in the article, yes. Snalwibma (talk) 15:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
