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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 1,075 people in the 2011 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″ northLongitude
-5.54371° or 5° 32′ 37″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9C6PCF74+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 326784393OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
8436511Wikidata 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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