Irish Sea

Geographical location

The Irish Sea (Irish Muir Éireann, English Irish Sea ) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

It is connected to the south by St George's Channel ( between Ireland and Wales), with the Atlantic Ocean, the north by the North Channel ( between Ireland and Scotland).

The Irish Sea is a spawning area of the North Sea mackerel.

The Isle of Man is located in the middle of the Irish Sea. The volume of the ocean is 2800 km ³ with an average depth of only 52 meters. In the Irish Sea, among others, the radioactively contaminated waste water from the nuclear plant at Sellafield are introduced.

Ferries

  • Swansea, Fishguard ↔ Cork
  • Pembroke, Fishguard Rosslare Harbour ↔
  • Roscoff Rosslare Harbour, Cork
  • ↔ Holyhead Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
  • Stranraer ↔ Belfast, Larne
  • Cairnryan Larne ↔
  • Liverpool ↔ Dublin, Isle of Man ↔ Belfast
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