Malin Sea

[1] The area is within the exclusive economic zones of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

56°20′N and from the Continental Shelf break to Kintyre, comprising an area of more than 14,000 km2 (5,000 sq mi).

"[4] Cooper et al. define the Malin Sea's southern limit as from Inishowen to Rathlin Island.

[5] The Scottish Government's Marine Atlas divides its coastal waters into habitats, one being "Minches and Malin Sea", defined as "north from the Mull of Kintyre to Cape Wrath incorporating the sea area between the Scottish mainland and the Western Isles".

[7] The name was used in scientific publications from the 1970s,[8][9] and was agreed in 1998 by the signatories of the OSPAR Convention on environmental protection in the North-East Atlantic.