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Belfast Lough

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but within the immediate harbour area the boundary has been redrawn to take into account permitted port related development and landfill which has taken place since the Inner Belfast Lough Area of Special Scientific Interest was declared in 1987. Marine areas below mean low water are not included.
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Belfast Lough is a long, wide and deep expanse of water, virtually free of strong tides. The inner part of the lough comprises a series of mudflats and lagoons. The outer lough is restricted to mainly rocky shores with some small sandy bays. The outer boundary of the lough is a line joining Orlock
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The lough has 30 square miles (78 km) of open water and enough coastline to make short inshore races day-long affairs. Three main arteries serve the lough close to Belfast: the Herdman Channel on the
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also used the lough as a safe anchorage when he arrived in Ireland with reinforcements for Schomberg in the run-up to the victory over the
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The "inner lough" was made an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in 1987. Recorded wildlife includes
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coast side; the Victoria Channel, the central and longest route; and the Musgrave Channel on the
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In the outer lough, the Ramsar boundary entirely coincides with that of Outer Belfast Lough
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Before Belfast grew into a city, the lough was known in English as 'Carrickfergus Bay'. In
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The Belfast Lough Ramsar site (wetlands of international importance designated under the
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The jetty at Cloghan Point is used to off-load oil from tankers, for use at the nearby
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in winter. The site also regularly supports nationally important numbers of
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Guy, Claire,G. Reid, N. and Roberts, D. 2013. Ageing of Slipper Limpet (
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The Ramsar boundary entirely coincides with that of the Belfast Lough
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Large, intertidal sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland
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Otter feeding and leaving spraints, Belfast Lough, 21/06/2022
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The lough hosts two Royal Yacht Clubs. These include the
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Popular for sailing, the lough has three marinas: one at
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Other coastal settlements include 856:Joint Nature Conservation Committee 453:Area of Special Scientific Interest 336:Belfast Lough is known in Irish as 13: 2042: 1074: 829:Wild Belfast on safari in the city 684:. Forbairt Feirste. Archived from 14: 2982: 987: 912:Open Government Licence 865:from the original on 7 March 2012 560:Belfast Lough Yachting Conference 540:Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club 427: 273:, which sits at the mouth of the 2966:Protected areas of County Antrim 2961:Ramsar sites in Northern Ireland 905: 750:from the original on 31 May 2020 724:from the original on 30 May 2018 642:Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 203:The island of Ireland, with the 72: 65: 49: 1042:List of places in County Antrim 965: 939: 917: 2971:Protected areas of County Down 2951:Sea loughs of Northern Ireland 877: 841: 821: 802: 781: 762: 744:"PlaceNames NI: Belfast Lough" 736: 703: 671: 654:List of Irish lochs and loughs 598:and northwards then alongside 439: 265:. 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Belfast Lough Loch Lao (Irish) Bilfawst Loch (Ulster-Scots) is located in Greater Belfast
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Ulster-Scots
Northern Ireland
54°41′28″N 5°47′06″W / 54.691°N 5.785°W / 54.691; -5.785
Ramsar Wetland

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Kilroot power station

Bangor

Blackhead Lighthouse
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Northern Ireland
port
Belfast
River Lagan
lough
North Channel
Irish Sea
Bangor
County Down
Carrickfergus
County Antrim

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