Lough Acoose | |
Pushpin Map: | Island of Ireland |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Lough Acoose location in Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Location: | County Kerry |
Basin Countries: | Ireland |
Length: | 1.3km (00.8miles) |
Width: | 0.6km (00.4miles) |
Area: | 0.66km2 |
Max-Depth: | 19m (62feet) |
Lough Acoose is a freshwater lake in the southwest of Ireland. It is located on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry near the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountains.
Lough Acoose measures about 1km (01miles) long and 0.5km (00.3miles) wide. It lies about 7km (04miles) south of Killorglin near the village of Glencar.
Fish present in Lough Acoose include brown trout, Arctic char, salmon and the critically endangered European eel. Lough Acoose is part of the Killarney National Park, MacGillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment Special Area of Conservation.