Lough Hyne
|
Lough Hyne Loch Oighinn |
||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| Lough Hyne from the air | ||
| Geographical location | Carbery West , County Cork | |
| Tributaries | Barloge Creek | |
| Drain | Celtic sea | |
| Islands | 1 (Castle Island) | |
| Location close to the shore | Skibbereen | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 30 ′ 7 ″ N , 9 ° 18 ′ 20 ″ W | |
|
||
| Altitude above sea level | 0 m ASL | |
| surface | 60 ha | |
| length | 800 m | |
| width | 600 m | |
| Maximum depth | 50 m | |
|
particularities |
Salinity 34.06 ± 0.543 ‰ |
|
Lough Hyne ( Irish : Loch Oighinn ) is a marine lake in West Cork , Ireland , about 5 km southwest of Skibbereen . The lake was registered as the first marine reserve in Ireland and Europe in 1981.
Connection to the sea
Until around 4,000 years ago, Lough Hyne was likely a freshwater lake . Around 2000 BC Chr. , While the Atlantic Bronze Age , the sea level rose and flooded the lake with seawater . In the meantime, with the tidal current through the inlet and outlet of Barloge Creek, there is a constant exchange with seawater. The narrow point between Barloge Creek and the lake is known as "the rapids" (the rapids). These "rapids" are a maximum of 5 m deep at high tide and form a restrictive threshold, which leads to an asymmetrical tide. Sea water penetrates for four hours and then sea water falls for 8.5 hours.
Habitat and Research
Due to the small size of the lake, an extraordinary habitat with warm, oxygen-rich water was created, which contains a considerable variety of plants and animals. Many of them cannot be found anywhere else in Ireland. For biodiversity of the lake and shore areas carry with cliffs, salt marshes at, beaches and areas with changing water currents.
The scientific investigation of the area began in 1886 when William Spottswood Green first described the presence of the purple stone sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the lake. Louis Renouf resumed scientific work in 1923 and ran it in a "biological station". Since then, ongoing research has been carried out there. Lough Hyne is now one of the world's best-explored sites of its size. Several research facilities were built near the shore of the lake to support basic ecological research under Jack Kitching and John Ebling . In 2011, the illustrated history of this marine research was published as 'Lough Hyne: The Marine Researchers - in Pictures'.
tourism
Lough Hyne is now a tourist destination. The nearby Skibereen Heritage Center has a permanent exhibition on the lake and its importance. On the shore of the lake are the ruins of a church named after Brigida von Kildare . The sacred springs of Tobarín Súl and Skour Well are located on Knockomagh Hill , which is also accessed by a hiking trail with spectacular summit views over the lake and its surroundings. Lough Hyne is popular with local residents and tourists for kayaking and swimming. In the middle of the lake is Castle Island. It shows the ruins of Cloghan Castle, which once belonged to the O'Driscoll clan.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lough Hyne, West Cork - Lough Ine - Baltimore Holiday and Travel Information - Ireland .
- ↑ https://www.epa.ie/researchandeducation/research/researchpublications/strivereports/STRIVE_66_Jessopp_NEIDIN_web.pdf
- ^ A b Murray, Peter (Artist) ,, Little, Colin, 1939-, Trowbridge, Cynthia D. ,, Harris, Eoghan ,: Lough Hyne: from prehistory to the present . Skibbereen, West Cork, Ireland, ISBN 978-0-9926242-0-0 .
- ↑ a b Lough Hyne. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Kearney, Terri .: Lough Hyne: the marine researchers - in pictures . Skibbereen Heritage Center, Skibbereen 2011, ISBN 978-0-9568863-0-9 .
