Irish Sea

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body of water marginal sea sea

The Irish Sea is the body of water that separates the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the north and south via the North Channel and St George’s Channel.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Irish Sea canonical	493
Irish Sea basin	7
Irish Sea region	5
Irish Sea (in clear conditions)	2
Irish Sea approaches	2
Belfast Lough	1
Irish Sea (distant views)	1
Irish Sea (in clear weather)	1
Irish Sea (on clear days)	1
Irish Sea shipping lanes	1
Irish Sea via Duddon Estuary	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
area	approximately 100000 square kilometres ⓘ
averageDepth	approximately 50 metres ⓘ
borderedBy	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ireland Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
connectedTo	Celtic Sea ⓘ North Channel ⓘ St George’s Channel ⓘ
countryOnCoast	Ireland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ireland United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCurrent	Irish Coastal Current ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	ferry transport ⓘ fishing ⓘ hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ offshore wind energy ⓘ shipping ⓘ
hasFerryRoute	Cairnryan–Belfast ferry route ⓘ Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route ⓘ Heysham–Douglas ferry route ⓘ Holyhead–Dublin ferry route ⓘ Liverpool–Douglas ferry route ⓘ Liverpool–Dublin ferry route ⓘ
hasInflow	River Boyne ⓘ River Cleddau ⓘ River Dee (part) ⓘ surface form: River Dee Dublin Bay ⓘ surface form: River Liffey River Mersey ⓘ River Ribble ⓘ Severn ⓘ surface form: River Severn River Shannon ⓘ surface form: River Shannon Estuary River Ribble ⓘ surface form: River Wyre
hasIsland	Anglesey ⓘ Calf of Man ⓘ Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Lambay Island ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Port of Belfast ⓘ surface form: Belfast Cairnryan ⓘ Douglas ⓘ Dublin ⓘ Fishguard ⓘ Heysham ⓘ Fishguard ⓘ surface form: Holyhead Liverpool ⓘ
hasMarineSpecies	Atlantic cod ⓘ Atlantic herring ⓘ bottlenose dolphin ⓘ grey seal ⓘ harbour porpoise ⓘ
hasOffshoreWindFarm	Barrow Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm ⓘ North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ surface form: Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ Walney Wind Farm ⓘ
hasSubregion	Cardigan Bay ⓘ Dublin Bay ⓘ Liverpool Bay ⓘ Morecambe Bay ⓘ
hasTidalRange	up to about 10 metres in some areas ⓘ
locatedBetween	Great Britain ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
maximumDepth	approximately 175 metres ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
salinity	approximately 32 to 35 PSU ⓘ
seaSurfaceTemperatureRange	approximately 5 to 15 degrees Celsius ⓘ
separates	island of Great Britain ⓘ British Isles ⓘ surface form: island of Ireland

Referenced by (515)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Kingdom → surroundedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ

North West England → borders → Irish Sea ⓘ

Manchester Ship Canal → connectsTo → Irish Sea ⓘ

England → surroundedBySea → Irish Sea ⓘ

Belfast → locatedOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belfast Lough

Northern England → borders → Irish Sea ⓘ

Isle of Man (crown dependency) → location → Irish Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Isle of Man

Isle of Man (crown dependency) → border → Irish Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Isle of Man

River Dee (part) → emptiesInto → Irish Sea ⓘ

Lancashire → hasCoastOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

River Mersey → mouth → Irish Sea ⓘ

Wales → borderedBySea → Irish Sea ⓘ

River Ribble → mouth → Irish Sea ⓘ

River Ribble → emptiesInto → Irish Sea ⓘ

Morecambe Bay → locatedIn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Morecambe Bay → locatedOnCoastOf → Irish Sea ⓘ

Morecambe Bay → partOf → Irish Sea ⓘ

Merseyside → hasCoastlineOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Western Approaches → borderedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ

British Isles → seaArea → Irish Sea ⓘ

Cumbria → borders → Irish Sea ⓘ

Port of Belfast → locatedOnWaterbody → Irish Sea ⓘ

Scotland → surroundedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ

Liverpool → hasCoastlineOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Irish Free State → borderedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ

Pennine waterways → connects → Irish Sea ⓘ

Celtic Sea → adjacentTo → Irish Sea ⓘ

Royal Scots Navy → theatreOfOperations → Irish Sea ⓘ

USS Ranger → theaterOfOperations → Irish Sea ⓘ

Snaefell → partOf → Irish Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Sea region

Pembrokeshire → hasCoastlineOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Dee Estuary → partOf → Irish Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Sea basin

Dee Estuary → flowsInto → Irish Sea ⓘ

West Wales → borderedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ

Scottish mainland → borderedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ

Douglas Harbour → partOf → Irish Sea ⓘ

River Eden → emptiesInto → Irish Sea ⓘ

Blackpool Pleasure Beach → locatedNear → Irish Sea ⓘ

Blackpool Tower → locatedNear → Irish Sea ⓘ

Fleetwood docks → waterway → Irish Sea ⓘ

Carnlough, County Antrim, Northern Ireland → locatedOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

River Lune → mouth → Irish Sea ⓘ

River Lune → riverSystem → Irish Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Sea basin

River Lune → drainageBasin → Irish Sea ⓘ

Solway Firth → partOf → Irish Sea ⓘ

Fleetwood → locatedOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Blackpool → locatedOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Blackpool → hasCoastlineOn → Irish Sea ⓘ

Morecambe → coast → Irish Sea ⓘ

Ulster → borderedBy → Irish Sea ⓘ