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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: -5.627,Lat: 57.2833
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	18:45:46pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kirkton	1.4 km	East
2 Balmacara Square	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Auchtertyre	2.5 km	East
4 Nostie	4.2 km	East
5 Duirinish	4.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	186 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	301 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	356 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Balmacara lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Damh (3.2 km² at a distance of 20.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 267.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 375 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 65%, hill: 31%, The hills are mainly southern 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 173 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 99 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.7 km2

31.5%

Nature

34.3 km2

61.1%

Wet nature

1.7 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

2 km2

3.6%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balmacara in country Scotland

Balmacara 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	185 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	198 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	209 km	SouthSouthEast

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam