Lough Furnace
Lough Furnace Loch na Foirnéise | |
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Lough Furnace | |
Location | County Mayo, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°55′00″N 9°34′15″W / 53.916698°N 9.570908°WCoordinates: 53°55′00″N 9°34′15″W / 53.916698°N 9.570908°W |
Lake type | Saline Lagoon |
Primary inflows | Lough Feeagh, Yellow River |
Primary outflows | Burrishoole Channel, to Clew Bay |
Catchment area | Burrishoole |
Basin countries | Ireland |
Surface area | 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 20 metres (66 ft) |
Surface elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Islands | Inishower, Illanroe, Saint's Island |
Lough Furnace (Irish: Loch na Foirnéise) is a tidally-influenced, saline lagoon in County Mayo, Ireland, located south of Lough Feeagh.[1] It receives freshwater inflow from the upstream Lough Feeagh at the base of the Burrishoole Catchment and tidal input of saline water from Clew Bay, through the Burrishoole Estuary. It is a perennially stratified basin, with a seaward surface freshwater layer overriding a saline bottom layer.[2]
Lough Furnace is the lower part of the Burrishoole fishery. It contains salmon, grilse and sea trout.[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Burrishoole Fishery".
- ↑ Kelly, S.; Eyto, E. de; Dillane, M.; Poole, R.; Brett, G.; White, M. (12 December 2017). "Hydrographic maintenance of deep anoxia in a tidally influenced saline lagoon". Marine and Freshwater Research. doi:10.1071/MF17199.
- ↑ "Lough Furnace".
- ↑ "Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland".
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