Lough Gill
Lake in County Sligo, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the lake in County Kerry, see Lough Gill (Kerry).
Lough Gill (Irish: Loch Gile, meaning 'bright or white lake')[2] is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
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Lough Gill | |
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Loch Gile (Irish) | |
Location | County Sligo & County Leitrim, Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°15′N 08°22′W |
Primary inflows | Bonet River |
Primary outflows | River Garavogue |
Basin countries | Ireland |
Max. length | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Max. width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Surface area | 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 31 m (102 ft)[1] |
Surface elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
Islands | ~20, including Church Island |
Settlements | Sligo |
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