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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8179,Lat: 53.0659
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	4:07:09am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galway
Name	Gort

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clarinbridge	18.7 km	North
2 Craughwell	19.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Loughrea	22.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Ballyvaughan	22.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Scarriff	25.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	172 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	255 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	311 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Coole Lough (0.5 km² at a distance of 2.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 143.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 201 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.7 km2

8.5%

Nature

7.6 km2

9.7%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

69.4%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gort in country Ireland

Gort 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	172 km	East
2 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	186 km	SouthWest
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	288 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coole-Garryland Complex SAC	IE	1.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gort

Type of weather in Gort	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam