Roadstead of Lorient | |
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Coordinates | 47°43′52″N 3°21′14″W / 47.73111°N 3.35389°W |
Type | Roadstead |
Basin countries | France |
Islands | Île Saint-Michel |
The roadstead of Lorient ( French: Rade de Lorient, Breton: Lenn-von an Oriant) is a roadstead located to the west of Morbihan in Brittany, France.
The harbor of Lorient constitutes the mouths of the rivers Blavet, Scorff and the Ter in the Atlantic Ocean. It has several port facilities, including marinas but also the infrastructure of the Lorient Submarine Base. Oriented northeast-southwest, it has an island in its center, Île Saint-Michel, and communicates with the Atlantic Ocean to the south by two passes, the Passe du Sud and the Passe de l'Ouest, separated by reefs. [1] Its northern part is more specifically called the harbor of Pen-Mané while that to the south is called the harbor of Port-Louis. [2]
It is bordered to the west by the communes of Larmor-Plage, Lorient and Lanester and to the east by those of Kervignac, Locmiquélic, Port-Louis and Gâvres. [3]
More than 350 wrecks are listed in the harbor, including that of the Isère , the ship that transported the Statue of Liberty to New York. [9] [10]