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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: -4.6852,Lat: 57.1412
Elevation	112 meter above sea level
Local time	4:39:56am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Aird and Loch Ness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Auchteraw	2.2 km	West
2 Glendoebeg	3.9 km	East
3 Newtown	4.5 km	SouthWest
4 Portclair	6.2 km	NorthEast
5 Aberchalder	6.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	152 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	295 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	333 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ness (54.7 km² at a distance of 0.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 219 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 307 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 41%, hill: 54%, low mountains: 4%, 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 142 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 59 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.6 km2

33.8%

Nature

37.7 km2

48%

Wet nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

4.6 km2

5.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

6.1 km2

7.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fort Augustus in country Scotland

Fort Augustus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	150 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	160 km	SouthSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	174 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Inverness-shire

Type of weather in Inverness-shire	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam