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Irish Sea
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<p>The Irish Sea is a 46,007 km2 (17,763 sq mi) body of water that separates the islands of <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a> and <a href="/facts/Great_Britain/TNgGQRPj">Great Britain</a>. It is linked to the <a href="/facts/Celtic_Sea/6z8xE3kf">Celtic Sea</a> in the south by <a href="/facts/St_George%2527s_Channel/n96ExPIe">St George's Channel</a> and to the <a href="/facts/Inner_Seas_off_the_West_Coast_of_Scotland/7z9akUlD">Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland</a> in the north by the <a href="/facts/North_Channel_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)/GbXR54ks">North Channel</a>. <a href="/facts/Anglesey/sM0hH8pF">Anglesey</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Wales/71KFFTgs">North Wales</a>, is the largest <a href="/facts/Island/46Apq1bJ">island</a> in the Irish Sea, followed by the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a>. The term <i>Manx Sea</i> may occasionally be encountered (<a href="/facts/Welsh_language/4Pz8r6yk">Welsh</a>: <i>Môr Manaw</i>, <a href="/facts/Irish_language/Kw97s2l4">Irish</a>: <i>Muir Meann</i> <a href="/facts/Manx_language/lG7JMRr0">Manx</a>: <i>Mooir Vannin</i>, <a href="/facts/Scottish_Gaelic_language/KMI4MmzJ">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i>Muir Mhanainn</i>). </p><p>On its shoreline are <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a> to the north, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a> to the east, <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a> to the southeast, <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a> and the <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Republic of Ireland</a> to the west. The Irish Sea is of significant economic importance to regional trade, shipping and transport, as well as fishing and <a href="/facts/Power_generation/Uo6mQQ1T">power generation</a> in the form of <a href="/facts/Wind_power/vlNN3u16">wind power</a> and <a href="/facts/Nuclear_power_plant/IJj5pJUn">nuclear power plants</a>. Annual traffic between Great Britain and Ireland is over 12 million passengers and 17 million tonnes (17,000,000 long tons; 19,000,000 short tons) of traded goods. </p>