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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9663,Lat: 57.0314
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:53:56pm
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Calligarry	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Ardvasar	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Kilbeg	7.8 km	NorthEast
4 Achnacloich	8.4 km	North
5 Kilmore	9.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	173 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	272 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	334 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Aird of Sleat lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Morar (26.7 km² at a distance of 12.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 234 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 328 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 84%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 160 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 81 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.3 km2

13%

Nature

23.5 km2

71.6%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

3 km2

9.2%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aird of Sleat in country Scotland

Aird of Sleat at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	179 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	195 km	SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	202 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ardvasar

Type of weather in Ardvasar	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam