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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2506,Lat: 55.2019
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	10:45:54am
Name province/region	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Moyle
Name	Bonamargy and Rathlin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bushmills	17.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cushendall	18.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ballymoney	22.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dunloy	23.6 km	SouthWest
5 Portrush	25.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	71 km	South
2 Glasgow	Scotland	144 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	162 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ballycastle lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Beg (5.8 km² at a distance of 45.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Trostan with a height of 551 meter (at a distance of 18.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 65.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 85%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Ballycastle Glens

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Campbeltown Airport (at a distance of 44 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.7 km2

10.4%

Nature

12.1 km2

22.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

33.7 km2

61.5%

Urban area

2.4 km2

4.4%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballycastle in country Northern-ireland

Ballycastle 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	16 km	WestNorthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	164 km	East
3 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	169 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ballycastle

Type of weather in Ballycastle	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam