| Lough Hyne | |
|---|---|
| Loch Oighinn (Irish) | |
 Aerial view of Lough Hyne from July 2019 | |
  Lough Hyne | |
| Location | Carbery West, County Cork |
| Coordinates | 51°30′10″N 9°18′10″W / 51.50278°N 9.30278°W |
| Type | Sea lough, marine lake |
| Etymology | Irish: "lake of the cauldron" |
| Primary inflows | Barloge Creek, Celtic Sea |
| Primary outflows | Barloge Creek, Celtic Sea |
| Catchment area | 2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Surface area | 0.6 km2 (150 acres)[2] |
| Max. depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Residence time | 9 years |
| Salinity | 34.06 ± 0.543 ‰[1] |
| Surface elevation | Sea level |
| Islands | 1 (Castle Island) |
Lough Hyne (/lɒx ˈhaɪn/; Irish: Loch Oighinn, meaning 'lake of the cauldron'[3]) is a fully marine sea lough in West Cork, Ireland, about 5 km southwest of Skibbereen. It was designated as Ireland's first Marine Nature Reserve in 1981.[4][5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Jessoppwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Lough Hyne West Cork – Lough Ine – Baltimore Holiday and Travel Information – Ireland". www.baltimore.ie.
- ^ "Loch Oighinn/Lough Hyne". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Kearney, Terri (2013). Lough Hyne -from Prehistory to the Present. Macalla Publishing. ISBN 9780992624200.
- ^ Trowbridge, Cynthia D.; et al. (2 February 2017). "Extreme oxygen dynamics in shallow water of a fully marine Irish sea lough". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 11. Elsevier: 9–16. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2017.01.008. hdl:10468/4466.