Ireland (GPS: 53 00 N, 8 00 W) located in Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. The country’s area measurements are total: 70,273 sq km; land: 68,883 sq km, water: 1,390 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).
One of the important features of Ireland: Strategic location on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe. Over 40% of the population resides within 100 km of Dublin.