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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: -6.3201,Lat: 57.5815
Elevation	215 meter above sea level
Local time	20:12:18pm
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uig	2.4 km	West
2 Earlish	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Idrigill	3.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Peinlich	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Totscore	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	236 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	334 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	398 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 39.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 287.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 402 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 47%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly western 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 222 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 63 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.8%

Nature

34.5 km2

46.9%

Wet nature

25.1 km2

34.2%

Agriculture

10.6 km2

14.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balnaknock in country Scotland

Balnaknock 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	136 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	243 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	250 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portree

Type of weather in Portree	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam