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Copeland Islands

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The Copeland Islands are a group of three islands in the northern Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee in County Down, Northern Ireland, comprising Lighthouse Island (also called Old Island), Copeland Island (also called Big Island) and Mew Island. Along with Lambay Island and Ireland's Eye off County Dublin, they are among the few of Ireland's 258 sometime-inhabited islands that lie on the east coast. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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International Treaty Protected Area 1
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: World Database on Protected Areas record: Copeland Islands
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA record, field desig_eng
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"desig_eng": "Emerald Network"
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Copeland Islands (Wikipedia)
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    The Copeland Islands is a group of three islands in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, consisting of Lighthouse Island (also known as Old Island), Copeland Island (also known as Big Island) and Mew Island.
  • In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead paragraph
    The Copeland Islands is a group of three islands in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, consisting of Lighthouse Island (also known as Old Island), Copeland Island (also known as Big Island) and Mew Island
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Wikidata: Copeland Islands
Wikidata Q3361819, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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