Shannon Estuary

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Shannon Estuary

The Shannon Estuary is a large estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
where the River Shannon

River Shannon

The River Shannon is, at 386 km , the longest Rivers of Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception....
flows into the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. The estuary has Limerick

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Republic of Ireland....
at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head

Loop Head

Loop Head is the headland on North side of the mouth of the River Shannon. It is situated in the West of County Clare in the Republic of Ireland....
to the north and Kerry Head

Kerry Head

Kerry Head in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland is a peninsula stretching into the Atlantic Ocean just north of Banna Strand. On the southern edge of the peninsula sits Ballyheigue....
to the south. The estuary defines the main boundary between County Kerry

County Kerry

County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....
/County Limerick

County Limerick

County Limerick is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east....
to the south and County Clare

County Clare

County Clare commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a Counties of Ireland of Ireland and part of the wider Provinces of Ireland of Munster....
to the north.

orically, the estuary was used by transatlantic seaplanes

Flying boat

A flying boat is a specialised form of aircraft that is designed to take off from and land on water, using its fuselage as a floating Hull . Such aircraft are sometimes stabilised on water by underwing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage....
as a first landfall or refuelling point in the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Shannon Estuary is a large estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
where the River Shannon

River Shannon

Atlantic Ocean

Limerick

Loop Head

Loop Head is the headland on North side of the mouth of the River Shannon. It is situated in the West of County Clare in the Republic of Ireland....
to the north and Kerry Head

Kerry Head

County Kerry

County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....
/County Limerick

County Limerick

County Clare

County Clare commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a Counties of Ireland of Ireland and part of the wider Provinces of Ireland of Munster....
to the north.

Aircraft

Historically, the estuary was used by transatlantic seaplanes

Flying boat

Shannon Airport

Shannon International Airport , is one of Ireland's three primary airports . It is the third busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland with 3.1 million passengers in 2008....
opened on the northern shores and the estuary as a landing site gradually fell into disuse. The estuary is still used by tankers

Tanker (ship)

A tank ship or tankship, often referred to as a tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in Bulk liquids. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier....
to deliver fuel to the Shannon Airport Jetty.

Port

Shannon Foynes Port Company is the port authority for the entire estuary. It owns facilities at Foynes Dock

Foynes

Foynes is a small town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary....
, Limerick City

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Republic of Ireland....
and at airport jetty. It provides marine services, including pilotage

Pilotage

Pilotage is the use of fixed visual references on the ground or sea by means of sight or radar to guide oneself to a destination, sometimes with the help of a map or nautical chart....
and towage

Tugboat

A tugboat, or tug, is a boat used to maneuver, primarily by towing or pushing, other ships in harbors, over the open sea or through rivers and canals....
to privately owned facilities at Moneypoint

Moneypoint

Moneypoint is Ireland's second-largest electricity generation station . It is located on the River Shannon near Kilrush, County Clare and was constructed at a cost of more than ?700m, in one of the largest capital projects in the history of the Irish State....
, Tarbert Island and Aughinish

Aughinish

Aughinish is a small island located in north County Clare, in Ireland on the south shore of Galway Bay.The island was originally connected to county Clare, but in 1755 that connection was lost due to the tsunami effect of the massive Portugal earthquake....
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Shannon Estuary

Aircraft

Port

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