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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: -5.6782,Lat: 57.6864
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:41pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kerrysdale	1.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Charlestown	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 An Ard	2.8 km	North
4 Badachro	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Strath	5.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	228 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	346 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	400 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Shieldaig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Maree (31 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 303.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 425 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 80%, hill: 19%, 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
Wester Ross

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 216 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 70 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.4%

Nature

60 km2

86.9%

Wet nature

4.8 km2

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shieldaig in country Scotland

Shieldaig 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	172 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	207 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	233 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Shieldaig
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kinlochewe

Type of weather in Kinlochewe	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam