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CUAN is situated on SKETRICK ISLAND, off the western shore of Strangford Lough, Co. Down,
N. Ireland. The Lough is over 25 kilometres long, 8 kilometres wide, and reaches
depths of 60 metres. The entire Lough is designated a Marine Nature Reserve, as well as an Area of
Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
At high tide
the area of the Lough includes 150 square kilometres of sea and 240 kilometres of shoreline. There are well
over 100 islands and many more pladdies and shoals. The Lough is connected to the Irish Sea by a long narrow (800 metres in places)
channel through which
an estimated 350 million cubic metres of
water must flow each tide.This results in currents of up to 18 km/hr
and dramatic upwellings and whirlpools.
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