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The Kish Bank (Irish: Banc na Cise) is a shallow sand bank about seven miles (11 km) off the coast of Dublin in Ireland. It is marked by the Kish Lighthouse a landmark well known to sailors and ferry passengers passing through Dublin Bay and Dún Laoghaire harbour.Many ships were wrecked on these shallows. The Vesper was lost in January 1876; the Norwegian MV Bolivar ran aground on the Kish Bank during a snow storm on 4 March 1947; both wrecks are frequently dived.

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