Lough Auva
Lough Auva is a lake in County Donegal, Ulster. Lough Auva is situated nearby to the locality Meenavean, as well as near Contycro Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Slieve League and Cloghanmore.
Slieve League
Peak
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Slieve League is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, Ireland. At 601 metres, it has the second-highest sea cliffs in Ireland, after Croaghaun, and some of the highest sea cliffs in Europe.
Cloghanmore
Archaeological site
Photo: MarieDub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cloghanmore (translated as "the great stone heap" is a megalithic chamber tomb of the court tomb type located about 8 km east from Carrick in Malin More, Glencolmcille, in County Donegal, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencolmcille and Carrick.
Glencolmcille
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glencolmcille is a straggle of villages on the northwest coast of County Donegal, with a population of 217 in 2016. The main settlement is also called Cashel, indicating its cluster of prehistoric and early Christian ritual sites.
Carrick
Village
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrick is a village located within the civil parish of Glencolmcille in County Donegal, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was 308.
Teelin
Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teileann is a Gaeltacht village in the south-west of County Donegal in the west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The village is near Slieve League, at the northwest end of Donegal Bay.
Lough Auva
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in County Donegal, Ireland
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.67652° or 54° 40′ 36″ northLongitude
-8.716° or 8° 42′ 58″ westElevation
140 metres (459 feet)Open location code
9C6HM7GM+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 177530797OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
3308811Wikidata ID
Q33281917
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Lough Auva from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Lough Auva” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lough Auva”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Meenavean and Contycro Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leahan and Lough Anore.
County Donegal: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Gweedore, Letterkenny, Donegal Town, and Ballyshannon.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.