Lough Guitane | |
Pushpin Map: | Island of Ireland |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Lough Guitane location in Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Location: | County Kerry |
Catchment: | 19.03km2 |
Basin Countries: | Ireland |
Length: | 2.05km (01.27miles) |
Width: | 1.25km (00.78miles) |
Area: | 2.46km2 |
Elevation: | 77m (253feet) |
Lough Guitane is a freshwater lake in the southwest of Ireland. It is located in County Kerry near the town of Killarney.
Lough Guitane measures about 2km (01miles) long and 1km (01miles) wide. The lake is about 10km (10miles) southeast of Killarney and to the east of Killarney National Park.
Lough Guitane is the site and namesake of a volcanic complex of tuffs and rhyolites, of which the centres are at Bennaunmore, Horses Glen and Kileen.
Fish species in Lough Guitane include brown trout, mainly of the freshwater variety with a smaller seasonal number of the sea variety.