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Features Featured article Satellite image of Ireland The geography of Ireland, an island in Northern Europe, features low central plains surrounded by coastal mountains. Ireland's western coastline is rugged, with many islands, peninsulas, headlands and bays, while the southern and northern coasts feature a number of sea inlets, such as Lough Foyle and Cork Harbour; no part of the land is more than around 110 km (70 mi) from the sea. The second-largest of the British Isles, Ireland lies in the north Atlantic Ocean, near the western edge of the European continental shelf. The island is almost bisected by the River Shannon, which at 360.5 km (224 mi) with a 102.1 km (63 mi) estuary is its longest river. Politically, the island consists of the Republic of Ireland, with jurisdiction over about five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a constituent part of the United Kingdom, with jurisdiction over the remaining sixth. The island has a temperate oceanic climate, mild and humid, and warmer than other landmasses at the same latitude. (Full article...) Recently featured: Flight Pattern Territorial Force Five pounds (gold coin) Selected anniversaries March 17: Saint Patrick's Day (Christianity); Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (1861) Dorchester Heights Monument 1864 – Second Schleswig War: In an attempt to end a Danish blockade, Eduard von Jachmann led a Prussian squadron in an attack against a Danish fleet led by Edvard van Dockum. 1902 – The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated. 1957 – A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. 1979 – The Penmanshiel Tunnel in the Scottish Borders collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel. 2004 – Unrest in Kosovo broke out, resulting in the deaths of 28, the wounding of more than 600 others, and the destruction of several Serb Orthodox churches and shrines. Jocelin of Glasgow (d. 1199) Menno van Coehoorn (d. 1704) Pattie Boyd (b. 1944) Shu Xiuwen (d. 1969) More anniversaries: March 16 March 17 March 18 In the news Nightclub fire damage A nightclub fire (damage pictured) in Kočani, North Macedonia, kills at least 59 people and injures more than 155 others. Mark Carney succeeds Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada after winning the Liberal Party leadership election. Martin Pfister is elected to the Swiss Federal Council. In Pakistan, a train hijacking by the Balochistan Liberation Army leaves at least 71 people dead. Ongoing: M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Simon Fisher-Becker Sofia Gubaidulina Stanley R. Jaffe Junior Bridgeman Marc Neil-Jones Athol Fugard Did you know... Emperor Jahangir Triumphing over Poverty ... that a 17th-century painting (pictured) depicts an Indian emperor shooting arrows at a personification of poverty? ... that people in the 1980s expressed interest in buying Chicago's James Charnley House only because they wanted to see the interior? ... that most sports fans are male, and class distinctions also influence which sports people follow? ... that a diamond named after Sienna Spiro sold for $3.4 million in June 2021? ... that David D. Demarest was the first professor of pastoral theology and sacred rhetoric at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary? ... that Nachi Gordon was one of the youngest agents to sign an NBA player? ... that Jim Photoglo wrote the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Fishin' in the Dark" and joined the band – almost 30 years later? ... that scholar Axinte Frunză wanted Romania to join the Central Powers in 1916, espousing "a vision that was profoundly anti-statist (with hints of anarchism), populist, and virulently anti-Russian"? ... that an effort to ban one German political party revealed that it was so heavily infiltrated that the German government partially controlled it?

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