Lough Leane
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| Lough Leane | ||
| Geographical location | Kerry , Munster , Ireland | |
| Drain | River whim | |
| Islands | Innisfallen Iceland | |
| Location close to the shore | Killarney | |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 2 '12 " N , 9 ° 33' 9" W | |
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| surface | 19 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 60 m | |
The Lough Leane ( Irish Loch Léin ; German "Lake of Learning" ) is by far the largest of the three lakes in the Killarney National Park in County Kerry in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland . The other lakes are Muckross Lake (or Middle Lake) and Upper Lake.
Lough Leane covers approximately 19 km²; the three lakes together cover an area of 22 km².
In Lough Leane is the monastery island Innisfallen Island with Innisfallen Abbey from the 7th century; the name of the lake is perhaps derived from the assumed monastic activities. On Ross Island , another earlier island on the eastern side of the lake, copper ore was mined as early as the Bronze Age . They are the oldest known copper mines in the British Isles.
On the east bank of Lough Leane, directly on the lake, with the former fortress Ross Castle , is another testimony to Irish history and about 2.5 km from the lake with Killarney, the busiest tourist town in the south-west of Ireland. One of the most exclusive golf courses in Ireland extends further west on the north shore of the lake up to the level of Fossa . Across the lake from Killarney is the 15th century Muckross Abbey .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Killarney Golf & Fishing Club : "Killarney Lakes"