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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: -5.7757,Lat: 57.7441
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	0:47:47am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 North Erradale	2.4 km	North
2 Strath	4.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Peterburn	4.4 km	North
4 Port Henderson	5.4 km	South
5 Badachro	6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	236 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	352 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	408 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Big Sand lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Maree (31 km² at a distance of 11.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 312.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 437 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 91%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Wester Ross

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 224 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 62 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26.3 km2

68.4%

Wet nature

9.9 km2

25.8%

Agriculture

2.1 km2

5.6%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Big Sand in country Scotland

Big Sand 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	166 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	207 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	242 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kinlochewe

Type of weather in Kinlochewe	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam