| Lough Nacung Upper | |
|---|---|
| Loch na Cuinge Uachtarach (Irish) | |
 View towards Lough Nacung Upper, with Errigal to the left. | |
  Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Donegal |
| Coordinates | 55°01′55″N 8°09′58″W / 55.032°N 8.166°W |
| Lake type | natural freshwater lake |
| Primary inflows | Lough Dunlewey |
| Primary outflows | Lough Nacung Lower, to the Clady River |
| Catchment area | 78.62 km2 (30.36 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Max. length | 2.72 miles (4.38 km) |
| Max. width | 0.38 miles (0.61 km) |
| Surface area | 2.08 km2 (0.80 sq mi)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 59 m (194 ft)[1] |
| References | [1] |
Lough Nacung Upper (Irish: Loch na Cuinge Uachtarach, meaning 'upper narrowness lake' or 'upper lake of the isthmus'),[2] also known as Upper Lough Nacung, is a lake in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland.[3][4] It connects Lough Dunlewey to Lough Nacung Lower, which drains into the Clady River.[3][5] Lough Nacung is a Special Area of Conservation.[6]
The name is derived from the Irish cuing, meaning "lake of the isthmus" or "narrow neck of land (as between two lakes)".[2][4][7]
- ^ a b c d "A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). 2006. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Loch na Cuinge Uachtarach/Lough Nacung Upper". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b Discovery Series Sheet 1 (Fourth Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.
- ^ a b Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 101. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
- ^ Administrator. "Lough Nacung Upper (IRL)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Fawnboy Bog/Lough Nacung SAC 000140" (PDF). Conservation Objectives Series. National Parks and Wildlife Service. 2016. ISSN 2009-4086.
- ^ "Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): Cuing".