Camlough Lake
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Camlough Lake by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Camlough Lake
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 Jun 2018
This a fault guided glacially deepened ribbon lake. The presence of the Cam Lough Fault made the area vulnerable to glacial erosion and the lake follows the line of the fault. The hill in the background is Slieve Gullion. https://www.ringofgullion.org/geology/camlough-lake/
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Image Location
Latitude
54.165906
Longitude
-6.426821