Editing County Cork (section)

===Coastline===
{{See also|List of islands of Ireland}}
Cork has a mountainous and flat landscape with many beaches and sea cliffs along its coast. The southwest of Ireland is known for its peninsulas and some in Cork include the [[Beara Peninsula]], [[Sheep's Head]], [[Mizen Head]], and [[Brow Head]]. Brow Head is the most southerly point of mainland [[Ireland]]. There are many islands off the coast of the county, in particular, off [[West Cork]]. [[Carbery's Hundred Isles]] are the islands around Long Island Bay and Roaringwater Bay.

[[Fastnet Rock]] lies in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] 11.3&nbsp; km south of mainland Ireland, making it the most southerly point of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Many notable islands lie off Cork, including [[Bere Island|Bere]], [[Great Island]], [[Sherkin Island|Sherkin]], and [[Cape Clear Island|Cape Clear]]. With an estimated {{cvt|1199|km|0}} of coastline, Cork is one of three counties which claims to have the [[List of Irish counties by coastline|longest coastline in Ireland]], alongside [[County Mayo|Mayo]] and [[County Donegal|Donegal]].<ref name=i2>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/files/irish_coastal_habitats_impacts_conservation_areas_1998_2mb.pdf |title=Irish Coastal Habitats: A Study of Impacts on Designated Conservation Areas |website=heritagecouncil.ie |publisher=Heritage Council |access-date=6 May 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203160047/https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/files/irish_coastal_habitats_impacts_conservation_areas_1998_2mb.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=i3>{{cite web |url=http://www.mayococo.ie/en/media/Media,32613,en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728231511/http://www.mayococo.ie/en/media/Media,32613,en.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2020 |url-status=live |title=Mayo County Council Climate Adaptation Strategy |website=mayococo.ie |publisher=Mayo County Council |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://research.thea.ie/bitstream/handle/20.500.12065/1521/Collins%2C%20Anthony%201996.pdf?sequence=7&isAllowed=y |title=Managing the Donegal Coast in the Twenty-first Century |website=research.thea.ie |publisher=[[Institute of Technology, Sligo]] |access-date=13 July 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713101438/https://research.thea.ie/bitstream/handle/20.500.12065/1521/Collins,%20Anthony%201996.pdf?sequence=7&isAllowed=y |url-status=live}}</ref> Cork is also one of just three counties to border two bodies of water – the [[Celtic Sea]] to the south and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west. Cork marks the end of the [[Wild Atlantic Way]], the tourism trail from [[County Donegal]]'s [[Inishowen|Inishowen Peninsula]] to [[Kinsale]]

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|+'''Average high sea temperature in County Cork'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.seatemperature.org/europe/ireland/bantry.htm |title=Bantry Average Sea Temperature |website=seatemperature.org |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812125311/https://www.seatemperature.org/europe/ireland/bantry.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.seatemperature.org/europe/ireland/cork-may.htm |title=Cork Average Sea Temperature |website=seatemperature.org |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812125312/https://www.seatemperature.org/europe/ireland/cork-may.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|'''[[Cork Harbour]] (Celtic Sea)'''
!'''Jan'''
!'''Feb'''
!'''Mar'''
!'''Apr'''
!'''May'''
!'''Jun'''
!'''Jul'''
!'''Aug'''
!'''Sep'''
!'''Oct'''
!'''Nov'''
!'''Dec'''
!'''Year'''
|-
|Sea Temperature
| style="background:#4fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|11.4|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#9ff; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|10.7|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#9ff; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|10.5|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#6fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|12.2|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#9fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|12.9|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff7; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|15.8|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff1; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|18.1|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff1; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|17.9|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff5; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|17.4|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff7; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|16.0|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#cf9; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|13.7|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#6fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|12.3|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#cf9; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|14.1|°C|°F}}</small>
|-
|'''[[Bantry]] (Atlantic Ocean)'''
!'''Jan'''
!'''Feb'''
!'''Mar'''
!'''Apr'''
!'''May'''
!'''Jun'''
!'''Jul'''
!'''Aug'''
!'''Sep'''
!'''Oct'''
!'''Nov'''
!'''Dec'''
!'''Year'''
|-
|Sea Temperature
| style="background:#4fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|11.6|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#4fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|11.2|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#4fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|11.0|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#6fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|12.1|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#9fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|12.8|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff9; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|15.6|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff5; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|17.6|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff5; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|17.5|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff5; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|17.3|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#ff9; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|15.8|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#cf9; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|13.8|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#6fc; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|12.2|°C|°F}}</small>
| style="background:#cf9; color:black;"|<small>{{cvt|14.0|°C|°F}}</small>
|}