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Achosnich (Scotland)

Achosnich

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1807,Lat: 56.7272
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	21:45:51pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Fort William and Ardnamurchan
Other place with same name 1	Achosnich Scotland - Highland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Portuairk	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sanna	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Achnaha	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Ormsaigmore	4.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Kilchoan	5.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	158 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	239 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	306 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Achosnich lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Frisa (4 km² at a distance of 16.1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 197.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 277 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 87%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 144 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 49 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

42.1 km2

88.1%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achosnich in country Scotland

Achosnich 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	166 km	SouthSouthWest
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	188 km	NorthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	190 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ardshealach

Type of weather in Ardshealach	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 20 January 2026:	7 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	09:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:27 Europe/Amsterdam