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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: -5.5242,Lat: 57.86
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	5:28:28am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 First Coast	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Laide	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Second Coast	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Achgarve	3.2 km	NorthWest
5 Little Gruinard	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	242 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	366 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sand lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch a Bhaid Luachraich (1.3 km² at a distance of 3.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 310.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 435 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 97%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Wester Ross

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 231 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 62 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

3.1%

Nature

42.3 km2

76.1%

Wet nature

6.3 km2

11.3%

Agriculture

3.8 km2

6.8%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sand in country Scotland

Sand 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	181 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	187 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	244 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 Ullapool

Type of weather in Ullapool	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam