Lough Salt
Lough Salt is a lake in County Donegal, Ulster. Lough Salt is situated nearby to the locality Meenacross, as well as near Tircreg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dungloe and Burtonport.
Dungloe
Dungloe is a village on the west coast of County Donegal. It's in a Gaeltacht area so its official name is the Irish An Clochan Liath - "the grey stepping stones".
Burtonport
Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ailt an Chorráin or Ailt a' Chorráin is a Gaeltacht fishing village about 7 km northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. The main employers in the village were the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the Bord Iascaigh Mhara ice plant; but these have both since closed and their former premises were demolished in 2021 as part of a seafront environment upgrade scheme. Burtonport is situated 8 km north of Lough Salt.
Lettermacaward
Village
Photo: Brian Herrity, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leitir Mhic an Bhaird or Leitir Mhic a' Bhaird is a Gaeltacht village in the Rosses region of County Donegal, Ireland. The village, known colloquially as Leitir, is between the larger towns of Glenties and Dungloe. Lettermacaward is situated 9 km southeast of Lough Salt.
Lough Salt
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91267° or 54° 54′ 46″ northLongitude
-8.39647° or 8° 23′ 47″ westElevation
246 metres (807 feet)Open location code
9C6HWJ73+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 260057833OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
3309072Wikidata ID
Q33285358
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Irish—“Lough Salt” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lough Salt”
- Irish: “Loch Sálta”
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Localities in the Area
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