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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.3984,Lat: 57.5824
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	17:40:11pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Black Isle

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ryefield	0.7 km	South
2 Easter Kinkell	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Corntown	1.9 km	SouthWest
4 Urquhart	2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Duncanston	2.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	199 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	347 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	382 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Glass (4.6 km² at a distance of 13.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 244 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 342 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 89%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 191 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 21 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.4 km2

13.6%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

10.3 km2

13.4%

Agriculture

49.4 km2

64.3%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcaig in country Scotland

Alcaig at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	173 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	187 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	196 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dingwall

Type of weather in Dingwall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:00 Europe/Amsterdam