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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: -6.3811,Lat: 58.2032
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	22:41:14pm
At island	Lewis-harris
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Steornabhagh a Deas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tolm	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Mealabost	3.7 km	East
3 Aird Thunga	5.2 km	NorthEast
4 Aiginis	5.9 km	East
5 Beinn Casgro	6.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	297 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	404 km	South
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	427 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Stornoway lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Trealabhal (5.2 km² at a distance of 15.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 354.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 497 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 285 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 3.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.9%

Nature

3.8 km2

6.5%

Wet nature

33.7 km2

57.3%

Agriculture

12.2 km2

20.7%

Urban area

4 km2

6.7%

Infrastructure

2 km2

3.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stornoway in country Scotland

Stornoway 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	137 km	West
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	206 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	304 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stornoway

Type of weather in Stornoway	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam