Lough Guitane

Lough Guitane
Loch Coiteáin (Irish)
A view of Lough Guitane in County Kerry, Ireland
Lough Guitane location in Ireland
Lough Guitane location in Ireland
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Kerry
Coordinates52°0′31″N 9°25′9″W / 52.00861°N 9.41917°W / 52.00861; -9.41917
Catchment area19.03 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Basin countriesIreland
Max. length2.05 km (1.3 mi)
Max. width1.25 km (1 mi)
Surface area2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Surface elevation77 m (253 ft)
References[1][2][3]

Lough Guitane (Irish: Loch Coiteáin)[1] is a freshwater lake in the southwest of Ireland. It is located in County Kerry near the town of Killarney.

Geography

Lough Guitane measures about 2 km (1.2 mi) long and 1 km (0.6 mi) wide. The lake is about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Killarney and to the east of Killarney National Park.[2]

Geology

Lough Guitane is the site and namesake of a volcanic complex of tuffs and rhyolites, of which the centres are at Bennaunmore, Horses Glen and Kileen.[4]

Natural history

Fish species in Lough Guitane include brown trout, mainly of the freshwater variety with a smaller seasonal number of the sea variety.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Loch Coiteáin/Lough Guitane". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Lough Guitane" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ^ Free, Gary; Little, Ruth; Tierney, Deirdre; Donnelly, Karol & Caroni, Rossana (2006). A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). p. 12. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ New Perspectives on the Old Red Sandstone - Geological society of London. Geological Society. 2000. pp. 271–273. ISBN 9781862390713. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Lough Guitane". Fáilte Ireland. Retrieved 27 December 2015.