River Lee

The River Lee is a river in . It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of and flows eastwards through city, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's city centre is built, then passes through on the south coast, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, to empty into the .
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  • Stream
  • …is also known as “Lee”
  • Description: river in Ireland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackrock Castle and Mahon Point Shopping Centre.
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is a castellated fortification…
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, the second largest…
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is a university building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mahon and Blackrock.
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is an area to the south-eastern side of , Ireland.
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is a suburb, with a village core, in the southeast of Cork City, Ireland.
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is a suburban town within the administrative…

River Lee

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Latitude
51.89863° or 51° 53′ 55″ north
Longitude
-8.38961° or 8° 23′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C3HVJX6+F5
Geo­Names ID
2962988
Wiki­data ID
Q917851

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“River Lee” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Lee”
  • Basque: “Lee ibaia”
  • Bavarian: “River Lee”
  • Belarusian: “Лі”
  • Catalan: “Riu Lee”
  • Chinese: “利河”
  • Chuvash: “Ли”
  • Croatian: “Lee”
  • Dutch: “Lee”
  • Finnish: “Lee-joki”
  • Finnish: “Lee”
  • French: “Lee”
  • Galician: “Río Lee”
  • German: “Lee”
  • German: “River Lee”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Λι”
  • Iban: “Sungai Lee”
  • Irish: “An Laoi”
  • Japanese: “リー川 (アイルランド)”
  • Latin: “Lea (flumen)”
  • Latin: “Lea”
  • Lithuanian: “Li (upė)”
  • Lithuanian: “Li”
  • Malayalam: “ലീ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “An Laoi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lee på Irland”
  • Norwegian: “Lee”
  • Persian: “رود لی”
  • Polish: “Án Laoi”
  • Polish: “Lee”
  • Portuguese: “O Lee”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Lee”
  • Russian: “Ли”
  • Serbian: “Ли”
  • Slovak: “Lee”
  • Spanish: “Río Lee”
  • Swedish: “Lee”
  • Uzbek: “Li daryosi”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Lee”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dunkettle Station and Little Island.

County Cork: Highlights

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