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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: -6.2408,Lat: 57.6336
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	7:06:19am
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brogaig	0.8 km	SouthEast
2 Digg	0.8 km	North
3 Stenscholl	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Staffin	2.4 km	SouthEast
5 Flodigarry	2.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	238 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	340 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	403 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Glashvin lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 36.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 293.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 411 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 66%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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

Name
Trotternish

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 225 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 65 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

23.6 km2

41.4%

Wet nature

25.2 km2

44%

Agriculture

7.8 km2

13.6%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glashvin in country Scotland

Glashvin 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	140 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	235 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	251 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam