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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.092,Lat: 53.947
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	10:05:31am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Leitrim
Name	Carrick-on-Shannon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boyle	14.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mohill	15 km	EastSouthEast
3 Strokestown	19 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Longford	31.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Ballymote	32 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	138 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	158 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	237 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 41 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Corry (1.6 km² at a height of around 40 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 33.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 133 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ireland West Knock Airport (at a distance of 48 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.1%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Wet nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Agriculture

61.7 km2

78.5%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

5.4 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carrick-on-Shannon in country Ireland

Carrick-on-Shannon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	111 km	EastSouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	179 km	NorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	267 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Arrow SAC	IE	16 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carrick on Shannon

Type of weather in Carrick on Shannon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam