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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1338,Lat: 55.1207
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	2:08:08am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Donegal
Name	Gortahork#Gort an Choirce

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Annagary	16.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dunglow	23.8 km	SouthWest
3 Millford	27.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Letterkenny	31.8 km	SouthEast
5 Rathmelton	32.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	153 km	SouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	233 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	258 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gortahork lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Altan Lough (1.3 km² at a height of around 142 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mount Errigal with a height of 751 meter (at a distance of 8.9 km and direction South).One of the mountains in Derryveagh Mountains The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 46.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 91%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 133 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Donegal Airport (at a distance of 16 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Nature

1.6 km2

2.1%

Wet nature

36.8 km2

48.5%

Agriculture

33.4 km2

44.1%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

2.2 km2

2.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gortahork in country Ireland

Gortahork at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	106 km	East
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	193 km	SouthSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	282 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ballyness Bay SAC	IE	0.1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gortahork
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Falcarragh

Type of weather in Falcarragh	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:13 Europe/Amsterdam