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List Of Volcanoes In The Republic Of Ireland
The Republic of Ireland possesses no active volcanoes. Volcanic activity in the country occurred primarily between 480–430 mya (million years ago), during the Ordovician geological age. List {, class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2", Name !!colspan ="2", Elevation !! Location !!rowspan="2", Last eruption , - ! metres!!feet!! Coordinates , - align="right" , align="left" , Bennaunmore , , 454, , 1490 , , , , +358 mya , - align="right" , align="left" , Bohaun , , - , , - , , , , - , - align="right" , align="left" , Cnoc An Duin , , 67 , , 220 , , , , +58 mya , - align="right" , align="left" , Croghan Hill , , 234, , 768, , , , ±350 mya , - align="right" , align="left" , Horses Glen , , - , , - , , , , +358 mya , - align="right" , align="left" , Killeen , , - , , - , , , , +358 mya , - align="right" , align="left" , Lambay Island , , - , , - , , , , - , - align="right" , align="left" , Limerick volcanic basin , , 220 , , 782 , , , , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start of the Silurian Period Mya. The Ordovician, named after the Celtic Britons, Welsh tribe of the Ordovices, was defined by Charles Lapworth in 1879 to resolve a dispute between followers of Adam Sedgwick and Roderick Murchison, who were placing the same Rock (geology), rock beds in North Wales in the Cambrian and Silurian systems, respectively. Lapworth recognized that the fossil fauna in the disputed Stratum, strata were different from those of either the Cambrian or the Silurian systems, and placed them in a system of their own. The Ordovician received international approval in 1960 (forty years after Lapworth's death), when it was adopted as an official period of the Paleozoic Era by the International Union of Geological Sciences, Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Coordinates
The geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or ellipsoidal coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on the Earth as latitude and longitude. It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others. Although latitude and longitude form a coordinate tuple like a cartesian coordinate system, the geographic coordinate system is not cartesian because the measurements are angles and are not on a planar surface. A full GCS specification, such as those listed in the EPSG and ISO 19111 standards, also includes a choice of geodetic datum (including an Earth ellipsoid), as different datums will yield different latitude and longitude values for the same location. History The invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who composed his now-lost ''Geography'' at the Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lough Guitane
Lough Guitane () is a freshwater lake in the southwest of Ireland. It is located in County Kerry near the town of Killarney. Geography Lough Guitane measures about long and wide. The lake is about southeast of Killarney and to the east of Killarney National Park. Geology Lough Guitane is the site and namesake of a volcanic complex of tuffs and rhyolites, of which the centres are at Bennaunmore, Horses Glen and Kileen. Natural history Fish species in Lough Guitane include brown trout, mainly of the freshwater variety with a smaller seasonal number of the sea variety. See also *List of loughs in Ireland References {{Reflist, refs = {{cite web , url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/101300 , title = Loch Coiteáin/Lough Guitane , work = Placenames Database of Ireland , publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University , access-date = 27 December 2015 {{Google maps , url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lough+G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doon Hill
Doon Hill () is a volcanic plug in the townland of Bunowen More, in the barony of Ballynahinch, near Ballyconneely in County Galway, Ireland. The hill, which is 67 m high, is a prominent landscape feature on the Errismore peninsula. Fishermen use Doon Hill as a landmark to guide them into Bunowen Pier at Aillebrack. The Irish name for the hill, ''dún'', means "fortress", possibly indicating an earlier fort on top of the hill. At the top of Doon Hill are the ruins of a Napoleonic era signal tower (dating to ) and a concrete watch post dating from the period of The Emergency (WWII). Nearby Bunowen Castle was built in the mid 1700s. Built on lands originally associated the O'Flaherty family, following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, the lands at Bunowen were "transplanted" to Art Geoghegan, a landowner from County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croghan Hill
Croghan Hill ( or ''Brí Éile'') is a hill with a height of in County Offaly, Ireland. The remains of an extinct volcano, it rises from the Bog of Allen and dominates the surrounding plains. Historically known as ''Brí Éile'', it is mentioned in Irish mythology and is traditionally seen as a sacred hill. On the summit is an ancient pagan burial mound with panoramic views, which reputedly became the inauguration site of the kings of Uí Failghe. On the eastern slope is an old graveyard and the remains of a medieval church, while at the western foot of the hill is the remains of a medieval settlement, church and castle. An ancient bog body, Old Croghan Man, was found nearby. The village of Croghan is at the southern foot of the hill. Archaeology and myth Croghan Hill is traditionally seen as a sacred place. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambay Island
Lambay Island ( ga, Reachrainn), often simply Lambay, is an island in the Irish Sea off the coast of north County Dublin, Ireland. The largest island off the east coast of Ireland, it is offshore from the headland at Portrane, and is the easternmost point of the province of Leinster. Of volcanic origin, it has been inhabited since the prehistoric period and has been the subject of multiple archaeological studies. Lambay has notable populations of seabirds, a range of local fauna, some not found elsewhere in Ireland, and a colony of wallabies, as well as more than 300 plant varieties, and was the subject of major studies of flora and bird, and a major multidisciplinary study of flora and fauna between 1905 and 1907. The island is privately owned by a trust for members of certain branches of the Baring family and managed by the current Baron Revelstoke. It has a very small permanent population and few buildings but hosts some day visitors and short-stay guests, and there is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Na Fooey
Loch Na Fooey (), also Loch Nafooey or Lough Nafooey, is a rectangular shaped glacial lake in County Galway, Ireland. Part of the north-eastern shore lies along the border to County Mayo. The closest village is Finny, County Mayo with the Galway village of Leenaun approximately 11 km distant. At approximately 2.5 miles long and 0.5 miles wide, Loch Na Fooey is set in a steep-sided valley, surrounded by the mountains of Galway to the south and Mayo's Partry Mountains to the north. A number of rivers feed the lake, including the River Fooey (), which rises from the Devil’s Mother mountain and enters the lake at the western shore. The Finny River, rising from the south-east of the lake drains into the southwest part of Lough Mask. Also many mountain streams flow into the lake. The lake has a small sandy shore on its western end. The area around Loch Na Fooey is known as the site of the ancient "Finny volcano" (490 million years ago), formed as the Iapetus Ocean closed to br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinegar Hill (Enniscorthy)
Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountains and Ireland's longest beach, Curracloe. The town is twinned with Gimont, France. The Placenames Database of Ireland sheds no light on the origins of the town's name. It may refer either to the "Island of Corthaidh" or the "Island of Rocks". The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns is located in the town as well as an array of other historical sites such as Enniscorthy Castle and the key battle site of the 1798 Rebellion. History Enniscorthy Castle Enniscorthy Castle is an imposing Norman stronghold, which dates from 1205 and was a private dwelling until 1951. The castle was built by the DePrendergasts. In the early 1580s, the poet Edmund Spenser leased the property that included the castle. The castle was also once owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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