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Lough Mahon
Loch Machan (Irish)
An aerial view of Lough Mahon taken from the Mahon peninsula (looking south-east).
Location in IrelandShow map of IrelandLough Mahon (County Cork)Show map of County Cork
Location	Cork/County Cork
Coordinates	51°53′N 8°22′W / 51.883°N 8.367°W / 51.883; -8.367
Primary inflows	River Lee, Glashaboy River, Tramore River
Primary outflows	River Lee
Basin countries	Ireland
Max. length	3 km (1.9 mi)
Max. width	5 km (3.1 mi)
Surface area	12.23 km (4.72 sq mi)

Lough Mahon (Irish: Loch Machan) is a sea lough in the north-western part of Cork Harbour. Its area is about 12 km (5 sq mi).

Several Cork suburbs, such as Mahon, Douglas, Rochestown, Blackrock and Ballinlough as well as the town of Passage West are on its southern and western shores. To the north is Little Island and to the east Great Island.

Lough Mahon falls within the Cork Harbour "Special Protection Area", as designated under the EU Birds Directive, and is an important habitat for a number of bird species and migrating waders in particular.

References

1. "Loch Machan/Lough Mahon". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
2. ^ "Lough Mahon - Sampling Fish for the Water Framework Directive - Transitional Waters" (PDF). Central and Regional Fisheries board.
3. "Cork Harbour: Lough Mahon". Passage West Town Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007.
4. Cork City Council (2009). "Sites of Particular Biodiversity Importance in Cork City - Lough Mahon and the Douglas Estuary" (PDF). Nature in the City - a guide to Biodiversity in Cork City (PDF) (Report). Heritage Council. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.

v t e Cork Harbour
Settlements	Cork City Aghada Cobh Carrigaline Crosshaven Glounthaune Midleton Monkstown Passage West Rushbrooke Whitegate
Harbour islands	Fota Island Great Island Haulbowline Island Little Island Rocky Island Spike Island
Industry and economy	Port of Cork (Ringaskiddy Terminal • Tivoli Docks) Whitegate Refinery National Maritime College of Ireland
Navigation	Water bodies River Lee River Owenabue River Ballynacorra Lough Mahon Other navigation Roche's Point Lighthouse Royal Cork Yacht Club Spit Bank Lighthouse
Naval and military	Naval bases Haulbowline Naval Base UNAS Queenstown (Aghada) Coastal artillery Cove Fort Fort Davis (Carlisle) Fort Meagher (Camden) Fort Mitchel (Westmoreland) Fort Templebreedy Other fortifications Blackrock Castle Belvelly Castle
See also: Coastal fortifications of County Cork

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