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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: -5.1042,Lat: 56.8193
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	19:37:54pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Camusnagaul	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Trislaig	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Caol	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Achaphubuil	2.9 km	NorthWest
5 Corpach	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	125 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	254 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	299 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fort William lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lochy (17 km² at a distance of 13 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ben Nevis with a height of 1344 meter (at a distance of 6.6 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Grampian Mountains, part of the mountain range Scottish Highlands. The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 215.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 302 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 57%, hill: 29%, low mountains: 5%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 113 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 103 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.3 km2

22.8%

Nature

37.9 km2

53.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

9.4%

Urban area

6 km2

8.4%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fort William in country Scotland

Fort William 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	139 km	SouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	151 km	SouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	152 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fort William

Type of weather in Fort William	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam