Loughareema (the Vanishing Lake)
An ephemeral lake on the moorland of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, known as the Vanishing Lake. It lies on chalk over a sinkhole that peat usually plugs: after heavy rain the lake fills, and when the plug gives way it can drain within hours.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 100,000,000 years ago mainstream
the chalk under the lake, the Ulster White Limestone, is laid down in a Late Cretaceous sea; OzGeology puts it at around 100 million years ago source
Where
55.1569° N, 6.1081° W
The point is Wikipedia's position for the lake, in the townland of Ballyvennaght beside the road between Ballycastle and Cushendall.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughareema
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_White_Limestone_Group
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/the-bizarre-lake-that-disappears-overnight-loughareema
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loughareema,_The_Vanishing_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_158924.jpg
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.