Ireland from Space Map

<p><strong>Ireland</strong> (<a title="Listen" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-us-Ireland.ogg"><img alt="Listen" height="11" width="11" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Speakerlink-new.svg/11px-Speakerlink-new.svg.png" /></a><a title="File:En-us-Ireland.ogg" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-Ireland.ogg">i</a><a title="Help:IPA for English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English">/ˈaɪərlənd/</a>; <a title="Irish language" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language">Irish</a>: <em><a title="Éire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ire">Éire</a></em> <a title="Help:IPA for Irish" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Irish">[ˈeːɾʲə]</a> (<a title="File:Eire pronunciation.ogg" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eire_pronunciation.ogg"><img alt="" height="13" width="13" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Speaker_Icon.svg/13px-Speaker_Icon.svg.png" /></a> <a title="Eire pronunciation.ogg" class="internal" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Eire_pronunciation.ogg">listen</a>); <a title="Ulster Scots dialects" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Scots_dialects">Ulster-Scots</a>: <em>Airlann</em> <a title="Help:IPA" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA">[ˈɑːrlən]</a>) is an <a title="Island" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island">island</a> in the <a title="North Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic">North Atlantic</a>. It is separated from <a title="Great Britain" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain">Great Britain</a> to its east by the <a title="North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Channel_%28Great_Britain_and_Ireland%29">North Channel</a>, the <a title="Irish Sea" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Sea">Irish Sea</a>, and <a title="St George's Channel" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George%27s_Channel">St George's Channel</a>. Ireland is the <a title="List of islands of the British Isles" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles">second-largest island</a> of the <a title="British Isles" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles">British Isles</a>, the <a title="List of European islands by area" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_islands_by_area">third-largest</a> in <a title="Europe" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe">Europe</a>, and the <a title="List of islands by area" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area">twentieth-largest</a> on <a title="Earth" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth">Earth</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#cite_note-unep-6">[6]</a></p><p>Politically, Ireland is divided between the <a title="Republic of Ireland" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> (officially <a title="Names of the Irish state" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Irish_state">named Ireland</a>), which covers five-sixths of the island, and <a title="Northern Ireland" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, which is part of the <a title="United Kingdom" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, in the northeast of the island. In 2011, the <a title="Irish population analysis" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_population_analysis">population of Ireland</a> was about 6.4 million, ranking it the <a title="List of European islands by population" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_islands_by_population">second-most populous island in Europe</a> after <a title="Great Britain" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain">Great Britain</a>. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#cite_note-2011population-7">[7]</a></p><p>The island's <a title="Geography" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography">geography</a> comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with <a title="Rivers of Ireland" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Ireland">several navigable rivers</a> extending inland. The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild but changeable climate which avoids extremes in temperature. Thick woodlands covered the island until the <a title="Middle Ages" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</a>. As of 2013, the amount of land that is wooded in Ireland is about 11% of the total, compared with a European average of 35%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#cite_note-guardexa-8">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#cite_note-epa2-9">[9]</a> There are twenty-six extant <a title="Mammal" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal">mammal</a> species native to Ireland.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#cite_note-Costello.2C_M.J_93-10">[10]</a> The <a title="Climate of Ireland" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland">Irish climate</a> is very moderated and classified as <a title="Oceanic climate" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_climate">oceanic</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#cite_note-11">[11]</a> As a result, winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area. However, summers are cooler than those in <a title="Continental Europe" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe">Continental Europe</a>. Rainfall and cloud cover are abundant.</p><p><strong>Source: Wikipedia</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>This model of Ireland from space was created at a scale of 1:1,800,000 using 8x vertical exaggeration.<br />Data Sources: USGS</strong><br /><br /><strong>If you would like a custom relief map, contact me through my <a href="http://smartmappsconsulting.com">website</a> or through Shapeways.</strong></p>