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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: -5.1039,Lat: 56.6808
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	8:08:14am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ballachulish	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Caolasnacon	4.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 North Ballachulish	4.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 South Ballachulish	5.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 onich	7.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	112 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	239 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	284 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Eilde Beag (0.9 km² at a distance of 12.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ben Nevis with a height of 1344 meter (at a distance of 14.3 km and direction NorthEast).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 207.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 290 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 34%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Ben Nevis and Glen Coe

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 110 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.3 km2

26.9%

Nature

45.8 km2

64%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

2.6 km2

3.6%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

2.7 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glencoe in country Scotland

Glencoe 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	130 km	SouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	140 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	142 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at East Laroch

Type of weather in East Laroch	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam