The Republic of Ireland covers most of an island located to the west of Great Britain, from which it is separated by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St. George’s Channel, with distances ranging from 11 to 120 miles (18 to 193 km). Positioned within the temperate zone between latitudes 51°30′ and 55°30′ N and longitudes 6°00′ and 10°30′ W, Ireland lies as far north as Labrador or British Columbia in Canada and as far west as Liberia in West Africa. It marks the westernmost point of the Atlantic edge of the Eurasian continent, with its furthest extremity being Tearaght Island—part of the Blasket Islands off the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. Like Great Britain, Ireland was once joined to the European mainland and now rests on the European continental shelf, surrounded by relatively shallow seas, generally less than 650 feet (200 meters) deep. The island stretches up to 302 miles (486 km) from north to south and 171 miles (275 km) from east to west.
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