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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: -5.6512,Lat: 57.3402
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	17:43:33pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Duirinish	3.1 km	SouthWest
2 Port-An-Eorna	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ardaneaskan	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Drumbuie	3.9 km	SouthWest
5 Achmore	5.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	192 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	307 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	362 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Plockton lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 273.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 382 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 71%, hill: 25%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 180 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 99 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.6 km2

31.8%

Nature

27.6 km2

64.5%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plockton in country Scotland

Plockton 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	182 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	203 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	215 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:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam