Lough Cowey

Lough Cowey is a lake in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Lough Cowey is situated nearby to the locality Ardkeen, as well as near the hamlet Ballygalget.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Exploris.

Exploris

Public aquarium

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Exploris is a public aquarium situated in Portaferry, Northern Ireland. The facility is the only public aquarium in Northern Ireland and it is located on the shores of the Marine Nature reserve of Strangford Lough, which is an important winter migration destination for many wading and sea birds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portaferry and Cloghy.

Portaferry

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Portaferry is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough.

Cloghy

Village

Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cloghy, also spelt Cloughy or Cloughey, is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula, in the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,360 people in the 2021 Census.

Strangford

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Strangford is a village historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's on the west bank of the narrow outlet of Strangford Lough, where the tides rip back and forth, hence to the Vikings it was Strangr-fjǫrðr, the strong fjord.

Lough Cowey

Type: Lake
Description: lake in County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Category: body of water
Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.41291° or 54° 24′ 47″ north

Longitude

-5.5437° or 5° 32′ 37″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9C6PCF74+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 326784393

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

8436511

Wikidata ID

Q24678027

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Satellite Map

Discover Lough Cowey from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lough Cowey” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lough Cowey”
Irish: “Loch Cumhaighe”
Swedish: “Lough Cowey”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ardkeen and Ballygalget.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lough Cowey and Pherson’s Island.

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