Lough Fee

Lake in Galway, Ireland

Lough Fee

Loch Fí (Irish)

Location in Ireland

Location| County Galway
Coordinates| 53°35′5″N 9°49′19″W﻿ / ﻿53.58472°N 9.82194°W﻿ / 53.58472; -9.82194
Primary inflows| Tooreenacoona River
Primary outflows| Lough Muck
Catchment area| 15.76 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Basin countries| Ireland
Max. length| 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Max. width| 0.6 km (0.4 mi)
Surface area| 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Surface elevation| 47 m (154 ft)
References| [1][2][3]

Lough Fee (Irish: Loch Fí)[1] is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.

## Geography

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Lough Fee measures about 3 km (1.9 mi) long and 0.5 km (0.3 mi) wide. It is located about 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Clifden and just south of Killary Harbour.[2]

## Hydrology

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The Tooreenacoona River enters Lough Fee at its southwestern shore. Lough Fee flows out to the northwest to Lough Muck, which in turn flows to the Atlantic Ocean via the Culfin River.[2]

## Natural history

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Fish species in Lough Fee include salmon and brown trout.[4] Lough Fee is part of The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation.[5]

## See also

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* List of loughs in Ireland

## References

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1. ^ a b "Loch Fí/Lough Fee". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. ^ a b c "Lough Fee" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
3. ^ Free, Gary; Little, Ruth; Tierney, Deirdre; Donnelly, Karol & Caroni, Rossana (2006). A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). p. 11. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
4. ^ "Culfin". Inland Fisheries Ireland. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
5. ^ "The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex SPA" (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland). Retrieved 27 December 2015.

## External links

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* Media related to Lough Fee at Wikimedia Commons