Geography Of Ireland

Location	Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
Geographic coordinates	53 00 N, 8 00 W
Map references	europe
Area	total: 70,280 sq km water: 1,390 sq km land: 68,890 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than West Virginia
Land boundaries	total: 360 km border countries: UK 360 km
Coastline	1,448 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Climate	temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
Terrain	mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
Natural resources	natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite
Land use	arable land: 15.2% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 84.77% (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	NA
Environment - current issues	water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Marine Life Conservation
Geography note	strategic location on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 97 km of Dublin

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Ireland