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Lower Lough Erne
Lower Lough Erne Castle Bay, Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, N.Ire.

Lough Erne

lake, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Also known as: Loch Éirne
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Lough Erne, lake in Fermanagh district (established 1973), formerly County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 40 miles (64 km) long and has an average width of 5 miles (8 km) and a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 m). The lake consists of the shallow Upper Lough Erne, 12 miles (19 km) long, and Lower Lough Erne, 18 miles (29 km) long, linked by a 10-mile (16-kilometre) strait that is part of the River Erne....

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