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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.3504,Lat: 55.7679
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	22:18:39pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Argyll and Bute
Name	Kintyre and the Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Claonaig	3 km	West
2 Glenreasdell Mains	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Newton	7.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Lochranza	8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Catacol	8.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	70 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	136 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	188 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skipness lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Fad (0.7 km² at a distance of 17.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 143.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 201 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 66%, hill: 30%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 59 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Campbeltown Airport (at a distance of 43 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

38.7%

Nature

19.1 km2

49.1%

Wet nature

1 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

3.8 km2

9.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skipness in country Scotland

Skipness at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	92 km	WestSouthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	99 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	125 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tarbert

Type of weather in Tarbert	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam