River Lagan
The River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 53.5 mi from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “reka Lagan”
Places of Interest
Highlights: HMS Caroline and Titanic Belfast.
HMS Caroline
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Titanic Belfast
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Titanic Quarter and New Lodge.
River Lagan
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.61128° or 54° 36′ 41″ north
Longitude
-5.90605° or 5° 54′ 22″ west
Elevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)
Open location code
9C6PJ36V+GH
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Lagan” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Lagan”
- Basque: “Lagan ibaia”
- Catalan: “Abhainn an Lagáin”
- Cebuano: “River Lagan”
- Chinese: “拉根河”
- Chinese: “拉甘河”
- Chuvash: “Лаган”
- Dutch: “Lagan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لاجان”
- Estonian: “Lagani jõgi”
- Finnish: “Lagan”
- French: “Lagan”
- Galician: “Río Lagan”
- German: “Lagan”
- Hebrew: “לאגאן”
- Irish: “Abhainn an Lagáin”
- Italian: “Lagan”
- Japanese: “ラガン川”
- Latin: “Logia (flumen)”
- Latin: “Logia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lagan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lagan i Nord-Irland”
- Norwegian: “Lagan”
- Polish: “Lagan”
- Russian: “Лаган”
- Slovenian: “Lagan”
- Swedish: “Lagan, Nordirland”
- Swedish: “Lagan”
- Turkish: “Lagan Nehri”
- Urdu: “دریائے لیگن”
- Welsh: “Afon Lagan”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Queens Island and Ballymacarret.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Titanic Studio and Yorkgate railway station.
Northern Ireland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Belfast and Derry.
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