Lough Hyne

Lough Hyne
Loch Oighinn (Irish)
Aerial view of Lough Hyne from July 2019
Lough Hyne is located in County Cork
Lough Hyne
Lough Hyne
LocationCarbery West, County Cork
Coordinates51°30′10″N 9°18′10″W / 51.50278°N 9.30278°W / 51.50278; -9.30278
TypeSea lough, marine lake
EtymologyIrish: "lake of the cauldron"
Primary inflowsBarloge Creek, Celtic Sea
Primary outflowsBarloge Creek, Celtic Sea
Catchment area2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi)[1]
Basin countriesIreland
Surface area0.6 km2 (150 acres)[2]
Max. depth50 m (160 ft)
Residence time9 years
Salinity34.06 ± 0.543 ‰[1]
Surface elevationSea level
Islands1 (Castle Island)

Lough Hyne (/lɒx ˈhn/; Irish: Loch Oighinn, meaning 'lake of the cauldron'[3]) is a fully marine sea lough in West Cork, Ireland, about 5 km southwest of Skibbereen. It was designated as Ireland's first Marine Nature Reserve in 1981.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Jessopp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Lough Hyne West Cork – Lough Ine – Baltimore Holiday and Travel Information – Ireland". www.baltimore.ie.
  3. ^ "Loch Oighinn/Lough Hyne". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ Kearney, Terri (2013). Lough Hyne -from Prehistory to the Present. Macalla Publishing. ISBN 9780992624200.
  5. ^ Trowbridge, Cynthia D.; et al. (2 February 2017). "Extreme oxygen dynamics in shallow water of a fully marine Irish sea lough". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 11. Elsevier: 9–16. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2017.01.008. hdl:10468/4466.

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