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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.8033,Lat: 54.7171
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	15:01:56pm
Population	28000 (9th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carrickfergus
Name	Killycrot

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Greenisland	4.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Whitehead	7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Helen's Bay	7.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Ballycarry	7.1 km	NorthEast
5 Holywood	7.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	16 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	106 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	157 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Carrickfergus lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stonyford Reservoir (0.5 km² at a distance of 26.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Divis with a height of 478 meter (at a distance of 18 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 74.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 80%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Carrickfergus Shoreline

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 27 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

3.2%

Nature

0.6 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

2.2 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

27.2 km2

60.3%

Urban area

11.1 km2

24.6%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carrickfergus in country Northern-ireland

Carrickfergus 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	74 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	122 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	166 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carrickfergus

Type of weather in Carrickfergus	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam