Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a 46,007 km2 body of water that separates the islands of and . It is linked to the in the south by and to the in the north by the . , , is the largest in the Irish Sea, followed by the .
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  • Type: Sea
  • Description: sea that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain
  • Also known as: “Hiberian Sea”, “Manx Sea”, and “Vergive Sea”

Irish Sea

Latitude
53.3345° or 53° 20′ 4″ north
Longitude
-4.8539° or 4° 51′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C5Q84MW+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 653034259
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­sea
Wiki­data ID
Q41735
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Irish Sea” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ierse See”
  • Albanian: “Deti i Irlandës”
  • Albanian: “Deti Irlandez”
  • Arabic: “البحر الأيرلندي”
  • Arabic: “البحر الايرلندي”
  • Aragonese: “Mar d’Irlanda”
  • Armenian: “Իռլանդական ծով”
  • Asturian: “Mar d’Irlanda”
  • Azerbaijani: “İrland dənizi”
  • Bashkir: “Ирландия диңгеҙе”
  • Basque: “Irlandako itsasoa”
  • Bavarian: “Irische Sää”
  • Belarusian: “Ірландскае мора”
  • Belarusian: “Ірляндзкае мора”
  • Bengali: “আইরিশ সাগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “आयरिश सागर”
  • Bosnian: “Irsko more”
  • Breton: “Mor Iwerzhon”
  • Bulgarian: “Ирландско море”
  • Catalan: “mar d’Irlanda”
  • Catalan: “Mar d’Irlanda”
  • Catalan: “mar irlandès”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەریای ئیرلەند”
  • Chechen: “Ирландхойн хӀорд”
  • Chinese: “Ài-ní-lân Hái”
  • Chinese: “愛爾蘭海”
  • Chinese: “爱尔兰海”
  • Chuvash: “Ирланд тинĕсĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Ирланди тинĕсĕ”
  • Croatian: “Irsko more”
  • Czech: “Irské moře”
  • Danish: “Det Irske Hav”
  • Danish: “Irske Hav”
  • Dutch: “Ierse Zee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البحر الايرلاندى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البحر الايرلندى”
  • Esperanto: “Irlanda Maro”
  • Esperanto: “Manksa Maro”
  • Estonian: “Iiri meri”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Irish Samundar”
  • Finnish: “Irlanninmeri”
  • French: “mer d’Irlande”
  • French: “Mer d’Irlande”
  • Galician: “Mar da Irlanda”
  • Galician: “Mar de Irlanda”
  • Georgian: “ირლანდიის ზღვა”
  • German: “Irische See”
  • German: “Irish Sea”
  • German: “Manx Sea”
  • German: “Manxer See”
  • Greek: “Ιρλανδική θάλασσα”
  • Hebrew: “הים האירי”
  • Hindi: “आयरिश सागर”
  • Hungarian: “Ír-tenger”
  • Iban: “Tasik Ireland”
  • Icelandic: “Írlandshaf”
  • Inari Sami: “Irlandmeerâ”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Irlandia”
  • Irish: “Muir Éireann”
  • Italian: “Mar d’Irlanda”
  • Italian: “Mare d’Irlanda”
  • Japanese: “アイリッシュ海”
  • Japanese: “アイルランド海”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ирланд тенгиз”
  • Kazakh: “Ирланд теңізі”
  • Kirghiz: “Ирланд деңизи”
  • Korean: “아이리시 해”
  • Korean: “아일랜드해”
  • Kurdish: “Derya Îrlanda”
  • Kurdish: “Derya Îrlandî”
  • Kurdish: “Deryaya Îrlanda”
  • Kurdish: “Deryaya Îrlendî”
  • Latin: “Mare Hibernicum”
  • Latin: “Mare Vergivium”
  • Latvian: “Īrijas jūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Airijos jūra”
  • Livvi: “Irlandienmeri”
  • Lombard: “Mar d’Irlanda”
  • Low German: “Iersche See”
  • Low German: “Ierse Zee”
  • Low German: “Iersen zee”
  • Low German: “Irische See”
  • Luxembourgish: “Irescht Mier”
  • Macedonian: “Ирско Море”
  • Malay: “Laut Ireland”
  • Malayalam: “Irish Sea”
  • Malayalam: “ഐറിഷ് കടൽ”
  • Manx: “Mooir Vannin”
  • Marathi: “आयरिश समुद्र”
  • Mazanderani: “ایرلند دریا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ài-ní-lân Hái”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “愛爾蘭海”
  • Mingrelian: “ირლანდიაშ ზუღა”
  • Newari: “आइरिश सागर”
  • Northern Frisian: “Iirsk Sia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irskehavet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irskesjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Irish Sea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Irskesjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mooir Vannin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Môr Iwerddon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muir Eireann”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muir Éireann”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muir Meann”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Irish Sea”
  • Norwegian: “Irskesjøen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mar d’Irlanda”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Írisc Sǽ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Īrisc Sǣ”
  • Ossetian: “Ирландийы денджыз”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡੀ ਸਾਗਰ”
  • Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
  • Persian: “دریای ایرلند”
  • Polish: “Morze Irlandzkie”
  • Portuguese: “Mar céltico”
  • Portuguese: “Mar da Irlanda”
  • Romanian: “Marea Irlandei”
  • Romanian: “Marea Irlandeză”
  • Russian: “Ирландское море”
  • Rusyn: “Ірьске море”
  • Samogitian: “Airėjės jūra”
  • Scots: “Erse Sea”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cuan na h-Èireann”
  • Serbian: “Ирско море”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Irsko more”
  • Slovak: “Írske more”
  • Slovenian: “Irsko morje”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایرلند دنیزی”
  • Spanish: “Irish Sea”
  • Spanish: “mar de Irlanda”
  • Spanish: “Mar de Irlanda”
  • Swahili: “Bahari ya Eire”
  • Swedish: “Irish Sea”
  • Swedish: “Iriska sjön”
  • Swedish: “Irländska sjön”
  • Swedish: “Manx Sea”
  • Swedish: “Manxsjön”
  • Tagalog: “Dagat Irlandes”
  • Tagalog: “Dagat ng Irlanda”
  • Tagalog: “Irish Sea”
  • Tamil: “ஐரியக் கடல்”
  • Tatar: “Ирланд диңгезе”
  • Thai: “Irish Sea”
  • Thai: “ทะเลไอร์แลนด์”
  • Thai: “ทะเลไอริช”
  • Turkish: “İrlanda Denizi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ірландське море”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Irske morjo”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ آئرش”
  • Uzbek: “Irlandiya dengizi”
  • Uzbek: “Irlandiya Dengizi”
  • Venetian: “Mar de Irlanda”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Ai Len”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Ái Nhĩ Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Ireland”
  • Vlaams: “Iersche Zêe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dagat Irlanda”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dagat Mann”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dagat Manx”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Irish Sea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mann Sea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Manx Sea”
  • Welsh: “Môr Iwerddon”
  • Western Frisian: “Ierske See”
  • Western Panjabi: “آئری سمندر”
  • Wu Chinese: “爱尔兰海”
  • Yiddish: “אירישער ים”
  • Yue Chinese: “愛爾蘭海”
  • “Airėjės jūra”
  • “आयरिश सागर”

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