The Shannon Estuary is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open The River Shannon ( Sionainn or Sionna in Irish) is at 386 km (240 miles the longest river in Ireland. The estuary has Limerick at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head to the north and Kerry Head to the south. Limerick (pronounced /ˈlɪmrɪk/ Luimneach in Irish) is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the Province of Munster Loop Head is the headland on North side of the mouth of the River Shannon. Kerry Head in County Kerry, Ireland is a peninsula stretching into the Atlantic Ocean just north of Banna Strand. The estuary defines the main boundary between County Kerry/County Limerick to the south and County Clare to the north. County Kerry ( Contae Chiarraí in Irish) is a southwestern county of Ireland. County Limerick ( Contae Luimnigh in Irish) is a County in the Province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County County Clare ( Irish: Contae an Chláir) commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a county on Ireland and part of the wider
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Aircraft
Historically, the estuary was used by transatlantic seaplanes as a first landfall or refuelling point in the 1930s and 1940s. A flying boat is a specialised form of Aircraft that is designed to take off from and land on water using its Fuselage as a floating hull. In 1945, Shannon Airport opened on the northern shores and the estuary as a landing site gradually fell into disuse. Shannon International Airport, or Aerfort na Sionnainne in Irish is one of Ireland's primary three airports (along with Dublin Airport and Cork Airport The estuary is still used by tankers to deliver fuel to the Shannon Airport Jetty.
Port
Shannon Foynes Port Company is the port authority for the entire estuary. It owns facilities at Foynes Dock, Limerick City and at airport jetty. Foynes ( Faing in Irish) is a small town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on Limerick (pronounced /ˈlɪmrɪk/ Luimneach in Irish) is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the Province of Munster It provides marine services, including pilotage and towage to privately owned facilities at Moneypoint, Tarbert Island and Auginish. Pilotage is the use of fixed visual references on the ground or sea by means of sight or radar to guide oneself to a destination sometimes with the help of a Map or Nautical TUGboat (ISSN 0896-3207 is a journal published three times per year by the TeX Users Group. Moneypoint is Ireland 's biggest electricity generation station
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