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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: -5.6479,Lat: 57.5215
Elevation	46 meter above sea level
Local time	22:54:00pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balgy	2.9 km	East
2 Alligin Shuas	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ardheslaig	4.6 km	NorthWest
4 Inveralligin	4.7 km	NorthEast
5 Lower Diabaig	6.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	210 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	327 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	382 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Shieldaig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Damh (3.2 km² at a distance of 3.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 290.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 406 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 61%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 198 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 87 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.6%

Nature

54.6 km2

93.4%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

3.9%

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	177 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	218 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	220 km	NorthEast

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	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam