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Lough Corrib

4 m13 ft
Area
162 km²
Max depth
10 m
Tonight
9°CHeavy rain · Wind 35 km/h S

Lough Corrib is a lake at 4 m above sea level in Connacht, Ireland, 162 km² in area and 38.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
4 m
Length
38.2 km
Shoreline
480.1 km
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3D map

Lough Corrib 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lough Corrib topographic map

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lough Corrib elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Downloads

Lough Corrib downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Lake

Lough Corrib in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
480.1 km
Weather

Lough Corrib weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 9°C (48°F) · 12.7 mm · Wind 35 km/h S

Lough Corrib forecast for about 4 m.

  • Tonight9°12.7 mm35 km/h S
  • Sat10°13°14.2 mm50 km/h W
  • Sun8°11°8.8 mm39 km/h W
  • Mon9°15°20.8 mm49 km/h S
  • Tue10°11°3.8 mm37 km/h W
  • Wed10°13°0.2 mm21 km/h SW
  • Thu10°13°7.6 mm35 km/h SE
  • Fri7°12°4.7 mm14 km/h N
  • Sat7°9°0.6 mm8 km/h W
  • Sun7°9°0.1 mm14 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lough Corrib

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lough Corrib, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking3.4 km WSW
Parking3.9 km S
Parking4.6 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
3.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
421 m low point -6 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 51.9%Water 29.3%Trees 17.7%Wetland 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 413 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common yew21
  • Ivy-leaved toadflax21
  • European beech19
  • Cherry laurel19
  • Herb Robert18
  • Maidenhair spleenwort17
Where it sits

Where Lough Corrib sits

Region
Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-16)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia