Ireland: Geography#
Location | Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain |
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Geographic Coordinates | 53 00 N, 8 00 W 53.0,-8.0 |
Area | total: 70,273 sq km land: 68,883 sq km water: 1,390 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 70273 DBpedia: 84421 Geoname: 70280 Infoplease: 70280 Britannica: 70273 Wolfram: 70273 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
Land boundaries | total: 443 km border countries: UK 443 km |
Coastline | 1,448 km |
Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m |
Highest Mountains | Carrantuohill 1040 m; Cahir 1001 m [Verified] Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
Terrain | mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast |
Natural Hazards | NA |
Natural Resource | natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite |
Land Use | arable land: 15.11% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 84.87% (2011) |
Climate | temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time |
Irrigated Land | 11 sq km (2003) |
Renewable Water Resources | 52 cu km (2011) |
Environment_CurrentIssues | water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff |
Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Marine Life Conservation |
Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Dublin; Cork; Limerick; Tallaght; Galway According to Geonames: Dublin; Cork; Dún Laoghaire; Luimneach; Gaillimh Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
Geography-note | strategic location on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 100 km of Dublin |