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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country Northwest
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.093,Lat: 57.154 marker
Elevation127 meter above sea level
Local time12:04:07pm
At islandSkye
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionHighland
Name Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Glasnakille1.8 km SouthSouthEast
2 Kilmarie3.8 km NorthEast
3 Kirkibost4.6 km NorthEast
4 Tarskavaig/Tarscabhaig7.6 km SouthEast
5 Tokavaig8.1 km EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland189 km SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast   Northern-ireland286 km South
3 Douglas   Isle-of-man349 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Elgol lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Morar (26.7 km2 at a distance of 27.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 244.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 342 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 82%, hill: 14%, 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 175 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Barra Airport (at a distance of 83 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   1.8 km2 
 7% 
 Nature   19.8 km2 
 77.7% 
 Wet nature   0.8 km2 
 3.2% 
 Agriculture   2.9 km2 
 11.3% 
 Rock-Sand   0.2 km2 
 0.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Elgol in country Scotland


Elgol at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland165 km NorthWest
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland209 km SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway CoastUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland214 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 Ardvasarbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 6.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 979 mb
Humidity: 86 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:12 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:57 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Ardvasar - GB (longitude: -6.093, latitude: 57.154)
Distance weather station to place (direction NW): 0 Kilometers

16:00
8 degrees
980 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
8 degrees
982 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
7 degrees
983 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
1:00
7 degrees
984 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
7 degrees
986 mbar
light rainweericoon
7:00
8 degrees
988 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
9 degrees
989 mbar
light rainweericoon
13:00
8 degrees
991 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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